Category Archives: Romantic Art

Pierre-Paul Prud’hon

Posted on January 27, 2013 by

“Female Nude Raising Her Arm”

Pierre-Paul Prud’hon | "Female Nude Raising Her Arm"
(French, 1758-1823) drawing, black & white chalk, stumped on blue paper, c. 1810-20

Posted in Drawings, Nudes & Figures, Realism & French Academy*, Romantic Art

Sir John Everett Millais

Posted on November 2, 2012 by

“Ophelia”

Sir John Everett Millais | "Ophelia"
(English, 1829–1896) oil on canvas, c.1851

Posted in Pre-Raphaelites, Realism & Brushwork, Romantic Art, Victorian

Eugène Delacroix

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

“Hamlet and His Mother”

Eugène Delacroix | "Hamlet and His Mother"
(French, 1798-1863) oil on canvas, c.1850′s

Posted in Realism & Brushwork, Romantic Art

Caspar David Friedrich

Posted on October 28, 2012 by

“Two Men Contemplating the Moon”

Caspar Friedrich | "Two Men Contemplating the Moon"
(German, 1774-1840) oil on canvas, 1819-20

Posted in Landscape Fantastique, Landscapes, Realism & Classical Art, Romantic Art

Ernst Ferdinand Oehme

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

“Burg Scharfenberg at Night”

Ernst Ferdinand Oehme | "Burg Scharfenberg at Night"
(German, 1797-1855) oil on canvas, 1827

Posted in Landscape Fantastique, Romantic Art

Thomas Cole

Posted on September 23, 2012 by

“Autumn Twilight View of Copway Peak” (Mount Chocorua, New Hampshire)

Thomas Cole | "Autumn Twilight View of Copway Peak" (Mount Chocorua, New Hampshire)
(English/American, 1801-1848) oil on wood panel, 1834

Posted in Hudson River School, Landscapes, Realism & Brushwork, Romantic Art

Jean-François Millet

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

“Haystacks: Autumn”

Jean-François Millet | "Haystacks: Autumn"
(French, 1814–1875) oil on canvas, ca.1874

Posted in Landscapes, Realism & Brushwork, Romantic Art

Ivan Aivazovsky

Posted on September 9, 2012 by

“Azure Grotto, Naples”

Ivan Aivazovsky | "Azure Grotto, Naples"
(Russian, 1817-1900) oil on canvas, 1841

Posted in Italy, Landscape Fantastique, Landscapes, Realism & Classical Art, Romantic Art

Joseph Wright of Derby

Posted on September 8, 2012 by

“A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset”

Joseph Wright of Derby | "A Grotto in the Gulf of Salerno, Sunset"
(English, 1734–1797) oil on canvas, ca. 1780-81

Posted in Italy, Landscape Fantastique, Landscapes, Romantic Art

Franz Ludwig Catel

Posted on September 6, 2012 by

“Virgil’s Tomb, Naples”

Franz Ludwig Catel | "Virgil's Tomb, Naples"
(German, 1778–1856) oil on paper, laid on canvas, ca. 1818-20

Posted in Italy, Landscape Fantastique, Landscapes, Realism & Brushwork, Romantic Art

Joseph Wright of Derby

Posted on September 4, 2012 by

“Lake Nemi, Sunset”

Joseph Wright of Derby | "Lake Nemi, Sunset"
(English, 1734–1797) oil on wood panel, c.1790

Posted in Ancient Greece & Rome, Italy, Landscape Fantastique, Landscapes, Realism & Classical Art, Romantic Art

John William Waterhouse

Posted on June 16, 2012 by

“Penelope and The Suitors”

John William Waterhouse | "Penelope and The Suitors"
(English, 1849-1917) oil on canvas, 1912

Posted in Homer's "The Odyssey", Impressionism/Expressionism, Pre-Raphaelites, Realism & Brushwork, Romantic Art

Herbert Draper

Posted on June 15, 2012 by

“Calypso’s Isle”

Herbert Draper | "Calypso's Isle"
(English, 1863–1920) oil on canvas, 1897

Posted in Homer's "The Odyssey", Mythology, Nudes & Figures, Pre-Raphaelites, Romantic Art, Victorian

John William Waterhouse

Posted on June 14, 2012 by

“Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses”

John William Waterhouse | "Circe Offering the Cup to Ulysses"

Posted in Homer's "The Odyssey", Mythology, Nudes & Figures, Pre-Raphaelites, Realism & Brushwork, Romantic Art, Victorian

Joseph M. W. Turner

Posted on June 11, 2012 by

“Ulysses deriding Polyphemus- Homer’s Odyssey”

Joseph M. W. Turner | "Ulysses deriding Polyphemus- Homer's Odyssey"
(English, 1775-1851) oil on canvas, 1876

Posted in Homer's "The Odyssey", Landscapes, Mythology, Romantic Art

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

Posted on June 8, 2012 by

“Jupiter and Thetis”

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres | "Jupiter and Thetis"
(French, 1780–1867) oil on canvas, 1812

Posted in Mythology, Nudes & Figures, Realism & Classical Art, Realism & French Academy*, Romantic Art

Honoré Daumier

Posted on June 7, 2012 by

“Don Quixote and Sancho Panza”

Honoré Daumier | "Don Quixote and Sancho Panza"
(French, 1808–1879) oil on canvas, c.1865

Posted in Landscapes, Realism & Brushwork, Romantic Art

Simon Denis

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

“Mountainous Landscape at Vicovaro”

Simon Denis | "Mountainous Landscape at Vicovaro"
(Belgian, 1755–1813) oil on paper, ca. 1795

Posted in Italy, Landscapes, Realism & Brushwork, Romantic Art

Simon Denis

Posted on May 12, 2012 by

“Landscape near Rome during a Storm”

Simon Denis | "Landscape near Rome during a Storm"
(Belgian, 1755–1813) oil on paper, ca. 1795

Posted in Italy, Landscape Fantastique, Landscapes, Realism & Brushwork, Romantic Art

Ernest-Joachim Dumax

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

“View in the Roman Campagna”

Ernest-Joachim Dumax | "View in the Roman Campagna"
(French, 1811–1900) oil on paper, 1847

Posted in Italy, Landscapes, Realism & Brushwork, Romantic Art