In emphasizing emotion and imagination, romantic art shifted away from the restraint of classicism and neoclassicism that had dominated art in Europe since the Renaissance. Romanticism achieved its greatest popularity in art, literature, music and philosophy between 1780 and 1830, although its expression of individual experiences ranging from awe to passion informed culture in the decades after.
Landscape painting was especially popular during the romantic period, as were nature studies of wild animals and fantasies of exotic lands. Romanticism varied across Europe as it reacted to the rise of industrialization, a more personal relationship with faith that was distanced from the church and the rationalist thinking of the Enlightenment.
British painters such as John Constable and J.M.W. Turner responded dramatically to the light and atmosphere of the natural world, while William Blake conveyed humanity’s connection to the divine in his visionary art. In Germany, the late-18th-century Sturm und Drang, or Storm and Drive, movement, with its probing of the unconscious, inspired a sense of mystery in work by romantic artists such as Caspar David Friedrich and Philipp Otto Runge. In France, where the French Revolution had turned tradition upside down, Théodore Géricault and Eugène Delacroix used lush brushwork to paint monumental canvases with tumultuous scenes of nature and history.
The romantic movement and its subject matter were a significant influence on the Pre-Raphaelites, Symbolists and the American painters of the Hudson River School, as well as on other cultural movements in the 19th and 20th centuries that saw artists build on this perspective in which art was guided by emotion rather than reason.
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Alexandria, Egypt & Lighthouse: A Hand-colored Aquatint & Engraving by L. Mayer
By Luigi Mayer
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored aquatint and engraving entitled "Part of the New City of Alexandria, with the Light House", published in London by R. Bowyer from 1802-1805. The print was crea...
Engraving, Aquatint
Cairo with Murad Bey's Palace: A Hand-colored Aquatint & Engraving by L. Mayer
By Luigi Mayer
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored aquatint and engraving entitled "Principal Square in Grand Cairo, with Murad Bey's Palace", published in London by R. Bowyer in 1801. The print was created by ...
Engraving, Aquatint
$1,600
Tambien Esto Etching, Romantic Style, Early 19th Century, Excellent
Located in Aventura, FL
Tambien esto / So is this (Disasters of War, plate 43, Harris 163, Delteil 162). Original etching, burnished aquatint, and burnisher, c. 1808-1814. The clergy are running; their floc...
Etching, Paper, Drypoint
$2,800Sale Price|20% Off
The Wrath of Elihu: 'I Am Young, And Ye Are Very Old, Wherefore I Was Afraid.'
Located in Plano, TX
The Wrath of Elihu. 'I Am Young, And Ye Are Very Old, Wherefore I Was Afraid'. 1823-25. Engraving. .Binyon catalog 117 state ii, Bindman catalog 632. Image 7 7/8 x 5 15/16; plate 8 ...
Engraving
Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem: A Hand-colored Aquatint & Engraving by L. Mayer
By Luigi Mayer
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored aquatint and engraving entitled "Pool of Bethesda, Jerusalem", published in London by R. Bowyer in 1804. The print was created by Thomas Milton (1743-1827) from drawings by Luigi Mayer. This beautiful, detailed, original engraving is printed on deluxe J. Whatman paper with very wide left and right margins. There is a watermark "1801" indicating the year the paper was made. The sheet measures 11.25" high and 16" wide. There is a small faint spot in the upper margin on the left and a tiny faint spot in the right upper corner and another in the left lower corner. The engraving is otherwise in excellent condition with vibrant colors throughout the image. "The Pool of Bethesda...
Engraving, Aquatint
Susan, Lady Belasyse /// Memoirs of Count Grammont Royal Portrait Engraving Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Anthony Hamilton (British-French, 1645-1719) Title: "Susan, Lady Belasyse" (Plate 45) Portfolio: Memoirs of Grammont Year: 1808 (First edition) Medium: Original Stipple Engra...
Engraving, Intaglio
Lady Stanhope - Original Etching
Located in Paris, IDF
John Raphael SMITH (1752-1812) Lady Stanhope Original etching after a painting of Joshua Reynolds Unsigned On vellum 51.5 x 37 cm (c. 20,27 x 14.56 in) Very good condition, little...
Etching
$72Sale Price|20% Off
Harlequin Clown entitled "Little Queen" by Philippe Alfieri
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Harlequin Clown entitled "Little Queen" by Italian/American artist Philippe Alfieri (1921-2009); limited edition lithograph titled & signed by the artist
Lithograph
Marilyn Chanel, 2023
Located in Toronto, ON
72" x 58" 8/20 Limited Edition Silkscreen of 20 with Diamond Dust on Coventry Paper with Hand-Deckled edges Hand Signed by Russell Young
Screen
Un plaideur auquel manquent malheureusement
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Un plaideur auquel manquent malheureusement les pieces les plus importantes, les pieces de cent sous. (A litigant who unfortunately doesn't have the most important details to success..dollars and cents) Series: Croquis par Daumier, No. 1 As published in Le Charivari, Paris, October 20, 1865. Croquis (Sketches by Daumier) is a series of 4 prints...
Lithograph
$1,100Sale Price|44% Off
Beauté du XVIIIe Siècle 7
By Agent X
Located in Kansas City, MO
Agent X Beauté du XVIIIe Siècle 7 Archival Pigment Inks on 310 gsm hahnemühle paper Year: 2022 Size: 32x34in Edition: 50 Signed, dated and numbered by ha...
Archival Paper, Digital
$1,100Sale Price|44% Off
Beauté du XVIIIe Siècle 6
By Agent X
Located in Kansas City, MO
Agent X Beauté du XVIIIe Siècle 6 Archival Pigment Inks on 310 gsm hahnemühle paper Year: 2022 Size: 35x30in Edition: 50 Signed, dated and numbered by ha...
Archival Paper, Digital
$1,100Sale Price|44% Off
Beauté du XVIIIe Siècle 5
By Agent X
Located in Kansas City, MO
Agent X Beauté du XVIIIe Siècle 5 Archival Pigment Inks on 310 gsm hahnemühle paper Year: 2022 Size: 40x26in Edition: 50 Signed, dated and numbered by ha...
Archival Paper, Digital
$1,321
Siren in embrace and the Ship - Hand-coloured Unique Photographic Portrait Print
Located in London, GB
Hand-coloured unique portrait of a conjoined siren, immobilised in marble, locked in a sisterly embrace. Inspired by 19th-century cabinet cards, medical illustration, sweet singing Scottish Selkies, Lyra and her sister defend each other's isolation. Taken from The Sialia Marbles, a series of portraits containing ephemeral human sculptures taken between 2016-19. Together these works act as tales contained in a fictional sculpture hall, in direct reaction to Andre Malraux’s 1947 Le Musee Imaginaire (Museum Without Walls). Original title: 'Lyra’s Lips are as White as Mine’, 2019 Hand-coloured Archival Pigment Print on Hahnemuhle Photorag Fine Art Paper (100% cotton) 40.5 x 30.5 cm Unique Series: The Sialia Marbles Signed and dated on verso "I’m not a sculptor, but I wanted to construct my own stories. Photographers have often used sculpture in order to challenge our idea of a “sculptural” body or object, by casting them in a two-dimensional light. I love playing with perception. A lot of my work is influenced by the nineteenth century—the pictorialist movement for instance. When photography was a new experiment, people would play around with perception tricks—Victorian paper theaters...
Photographic Film, Watercolor, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment
$800
H 12.5 in W 8.75 in
Untitled: Head of A Woman 2
Located in New York, NY
George Zachary Constant (American/Greek 1892-1978), "Untitled: Head Of A Woman No. 2", Portrait/ Figurative Etching and Drypoint signed on Paper, 12.50 x 8.75 (15.25 x 11.50 Framed),...
Drypoint, Etching
Mademoiselle Cyclone
Located in Middletown, NY
A wonderful, rare image by a pivotal 19th century Printmaker whose work serves as a bridge between social realism and the exuberant, often gritty glamour of Parisian cabaret culture....
Drypoint, Etching
$95
H 11.82 in W 9.26 in
The Portland Vase, British Museum Roman antiquity photogravure
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'The Portland Vase' Photogravure after Donald Macbeth (1865-1943). Donald Macbeth was a commercial photographer who seems to have held a quasi-official position at the British Muse...
Photogravure
Below Stairs.
Located in Plano, TX
Below Stairs. 1930-31. Drypoint. Appleby 143. 10 1/4 x 7 3/4 (sheet 15 3/4 x 10 1/8). Edition 100, #31. A very rich, tonal impression on cream-colored laid paper. Unobtrusive soiling in the top left- and lower-left hand margins, just below the platemark; and light mat line just outside the platemark. . Signed and numbered in ink. Housed in a 20 x 16-inch archival mat, suitable for framing. A charming discussion between the chef and a scullery maid in a "Downtown Abbey...
Drypoint, Etching
$599
H 17.5 in W 23.3 in D 0.3 in
Original Orangina Lady on the beach suntan, orange drink poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Orangina vintage horizontal poster. This poster is not linen-backed and is in Grade A—A—condition, ready to be framed. It was designed in 1984 and is documented as image #38...
Offset
$180
H 5.38 in W 3 in
A Gable in the Grande Rue, Lisieux, Etching, Modern, 1910s
Located in New Orleans, LA
This image is the 3rd etching created by Arms. It was printed byGrederick Reynolds in an edition of 116. Referenced as Fletcher #3 the image is the second in his Gable series. Lis...
Etching
$1,250
H 27 in W 17 in D 0.05 in
Original 1926 Sesquicentennial Int'l Exposition 150th Year USA Anniversay
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: The Sesquicentennial International Exposition Philadelphia. June First to December First, 1926. "The Voice of the Liberty Bell." Original vintage poster, line...
Lithograph
Portrait of James McBey.
Located in Plano, TX
James McBey. 1931. Drypoint. 8 7/8 x 5 7/8 (sheet 11 1/2 x 9 ). An extremely rich impression with drypoint burr, printed by the artist on cream wove paper. Signed in the plate lower ...
Drypoint, Etching
Becquet
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Plano, TX
J. Becquet, Sculptor (The Fiddler). 1859. Drypoint. Kennedy 52 state iv; Glasgow 62. state i. 10 1/8 x 7 1/2 (sheet 15 5/16 x 9 3/4). Series: "Sixteen Etchings or Scenes on the Thame...
Drypoint, Etching
$1,245
H 14 in W 18 in D 0.1 in
Signed Original Pastoral Etching by John E. Costigan
Located in New York, NY
This original, limited edition etching, was realized by the esteemed American artist John E. Costigan, who is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, the Philips M...
Etching
$579
H 28 in W 20 in D 0.3 in
Original 1943 Buy War Bonds, and WE talk about sacrifice vintage WW2 poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original … and WE talk about sacrifice, Buy War Bonds, 1943, World War 2 vintage poster. Official U. S. Treasury Poster, Archival linen backed in very good condition with the origin...
Offset
Original Ski West United Airlines vintage travel poster 1975
Located in Spokane, WA
Original 1975 United Airlines Ski West Vintage Travel Poster – Mid-Century Modern Artwork. Archival linen-backed and in Grade A- condition, ready for Framing. The images displayed are of the exact vintage poster you will receive. Experience the golden era of travel with this rare original United Airlines "Ski West" vintage travel poster from 1975. Created during a time when air travel embodied elegance and adventure, this striking piece provides a vibrant glimpse into mid-century advertising and ski culture. Showcasing bold typography and colorful, eye-catching artwork, the “Ski West” poster embodies the thrill of powdery slopes and the promise of unforgettable ski vacations in the American West. Ideal for vintage art collectors, travel enthusiasts, or anyone looking for a chic retro touch in their decor, this piece authentically showcases 1970s graphic design. It blends bold colors with minimalistic yet striking visuals. Whether you collect United Airlines memorabilia...
Offset
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H 11 in W 15.88 in D 1 in
The City of Menouf, Egypt: A Hand-colored Aquatint & Engraving by L. Mayer
By Luigi Mayer
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored aquatint and engraving entitled "The City of Menouf", published in London by R. Bowyer from 1802. The print was created by Thomas Milton (1743-1827) from drawi...
Engraving, Aquatint
'Richard Wagner' — 1920s Portrait of the Composer
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Francis Coradal-Cugat, 'Richard Wagner', etching, c. 1928. Signed, titled, and numbered ‘2/50’ in pencil with the artist’s inked fingerprint beneath his signature. A fine, richly ink...
Etching
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H 17.52 in W 13.31 in D 0.04 in
Theatrical Scene - Lithograph by Eugène Delacroix - 1843
Located in Roma, IT
Theatrical Scene is an Lithograph realized after Eugène Delacroix in 1843. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Signed and dated on the lower right corner. Ferdinand Victor Eugène Delacroix French: 26 April 1798 – 13 August 1863) was a French Romantic artist regarded from the outset of his career as the leader of the French Romantic school. As a painter and muralist, Delacroix's use of expressive brushstrokes and his study of the optical effects of colour profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists, while his passion for the exotic inspired the artists of the Symbolist movement. A fine lithographer, Delacroix illustrated various works of William Shakespeare, the Scottish author Walter Scott and the German author Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Lithograph
Visage Ovale
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
"Visage ovale " partially glazed earthenware oval plate conceived in 1958 and executed in an edition of 15 . N° 11 / 15. with certificate literature : A. GUEDRAS . Jean Cocteau céramiques...
Ceramic
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H 41.88 in W 31.38 in D 1.25 in
Woman with Glove: Large Framed Screen Print by Patrick Nagel
By Patrick Nagel
Located in Alamo, CA
This large framed screen print of a Woman with Glove was created by Patrick Nagel, printed by Jeff Wasserman and published by Mirage Editions in 1985. I...
Screen
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H 19.5 in W 15.38 in D 1 in
"Beauty of the Atlantic" an Original Currier & Ives Lithograph and Frame
Located in Alamo, CA
"Beauty of the Atlantic" is an original hand-colored Currier & Ives lithograph published in 1845. It depicts a young woman in a flowered straw hat with a lace trim and colorful fabric draping down the back with flowers. Her curled dark hair hangs below her shoulders and a gold locket hangs from her neck. She is turned to her right and looking out at the viewer. The lithograph is presented in an original Currier & Ives carved leaf Adirondack wood frame...
Lithograph
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H 22.25 in W 17.5 in D 1 in
A Hand Colored Engraving of an 18th-19th Century Egyptian Ruler by Luigi Mayer
By Luigi Mayer
Located in Alamo, CA
A hand colored aquatint engraving of "An Egyptian Bey" from "Views in Egypt, Palestine, and Other Parts of the Ottoman Empire", published in London by R. Bowyer from 1802-1805.The aquatints were created by Thomas Milton (1743-1827) from drawings by Luigi Mayer...
Engraving, Aquatint
Theory of Painting
By Samuel William Reynolds
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Theory of Painting" is a mezzotint, signed in the plate, and created after the image created by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Reynolds studied art in London under Charles Howard Hodges and ...
Mezzotint, Etching
POR UNA NAVAJA
Located in Aventura, FL
Por una navaja / On account of a knife (Disasters, plate 34, Harris 154, Delteil 153). Original etching, drypoint, burin, and burnisher, c. 1808-1814. After the first edition, the pl...
Etching, Drypoint, Paper
QUE LOCURA!
Located in Aventura, FL
Que locura! / What madness! (Disasters, pl. 68, Harris 188, Delteil 187). Original etching, lavis, and burin, c. 1808-1814. Total of 7 editions printed into the early 1900's. Artwor...
Etching, Paper
Study of Dreaming Girl - Original lithograph - 1894
By Camille Bourget
Located in Paris, IDF
Camille BOURGET Study of Dreaming Girl, 1894/95 Original stone lithograph Printed signature in the plate Published in prestigious art magazine L'Epreuve, second issue of january 189...
Lithograph
Cherry Ripe, Girl in a Bonnet
By John Everett Millais
Located in Soquel, CA
Girl in a bonnet German Mezzotint of a work by the artist Sir James Everett Millais and print by Samuel Cousins. Circa 1890-1900. Presented in a giltwoo...
Paper, Ink, Mezzotint