Romanticism

The Sun Rising through Vapour is an 1809 painting by the English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolorist J. M. W. Turner. This work is located in the Barber Institute of Fine Arts in Birmingham, England.

The Fountain of Indolence is an 1834 painting by the English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolorist J. M. W. Turner. This work is located in the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, Canada.

Lancaster Sands is an 1800s painting by the English Romantic painter, printmaker, and watercolorist J. M. W. Turner. This work is located in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in Birmingham, England.

South View of Salisbury Cathedral is an 1800s painting by the English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolorist J. M. W. Turner. This work is located in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in Birmingham, England.

Blenheim House and Park is an 1833 painting by the English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolorist J. M. W. Turner. This work is located in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in Birmingham, England.

The Pass of Saint Gotthard, Switzerland is an 1800s painting by the English Romantic painter, printmaker and watercolorist J. M. W. Turner. This work is located in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery in Birmingham, England.

Stańczyk is an 1862 painting by Polish history painter Jan Matejko. It is located in the Warsaw National Museum. Analysis of Stańczyk This painting depicts a famous court jester named Stańczyk, who lived during the reign of King Sigismund I of Poland. The painting shows Stańczyk sitting alone in a room, with a sad and

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog is an 1818 painting by German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich. It can be found in the Hamburger Kunsthalle in Hamburg, Germany.

Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps is an 1812 Romantic historical painting by English artist J.M.W Turner. Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps Analysis It is an imposing picture combining the naturalistic and historical themes in a Romantic key and is considered to be one of the most famous paintings by

The Sackville Children is a 1796 triple-portrait by prominent British portrait painter John Hoppner. This work can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, United States. This is a family portrait of the three children of Third Duke of Dorset Charles Sackville, born on January 24, 1767, and died on

Spanish Romantic painter Francisco Goya’s masterpiece The Nude Maja (or La Maja desnuda) depicts a naked woman reclining on a bed, her arms laid on the cushions behind her. Possibly a lover of Manuel de Godoy, the Spanish prime minister who commissioned the painting, or perhaps a lover of the artist himself. The Nude Maya

Portrait of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton is a 1787 painting of socialite and philanthropist Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton by American artist Ralph Earl. It is in the Museum of the City of New York in Manhattan, New York City in the United States. Analysis of Portrait of Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton The sitter was the wife of Alexander

Black Panther Stalking a Herd of Deer is an 1851 landscape animal oil on canvas painting in the Romantic style by French artist and sculptor Jean-Léon Gérôme.

The Picador is a 19th-century genre oil on canvas painting in the Romantic style by French artist and sculptor Jean-Léon Gérôme.

In Wreckers, Coast of Northumberland, we see J.M.W. Turner’s 1836 fascination with the sublime turmoil of the sky and the sea. This, and the artist’s style of loose and fast brushstrokes conspire to make a picture that is both true to the perception and romanticized with an impulse to near abstraction. The boatmen of the

Here we have a painting of Calais Pier by the Romantic artist J.M.W. Turner is a perfect example of what art critic of the time John Ruskin called Turner’s “colossal power”. We are presented with a storm-swept scene from 1801 that is full of elemental danger and drama that is also a recollection of the

Shade and Darkness The Evening of the Deluge is an 1843 religious painting by leading Romantic artist J.M.W Turner. Shade and Darkness The Evening of the Deluge Analysis J.M.W. Turner’s Shade and Darkness – The Evening of the Deluge is an 1843 companion to Light and Colour in which Moses is shown writing the Book

Here American artist Fitz Henry Lane paints Boston Harbour as a naval scene of several ships in a highly realistic style. This 1856 work shows a particular concern with the light effects of the sky and a certain glassiness of the gently rippling water that masks depth. Lane’s concern with light was such that he

Woman Before the Rising Sun is an 1820 Romantic painting by German artist Caspar David Friedrich. It is located in the Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany. Analysis of Woman Before the Rising Sun After his marriage to Caroline Brommer, Caspar David Friedrich began to include women in his work as can be seen here in

Prayer Before Battle is a grand scale painting by Jósef Chelmonskí where we see foot soldiers of the forces of the Polish Uprising against the Russian Empire take to their knees under their banner before the onslaught at Raclawice in 1794. The red caps of the drummers and the homemade scythes of the infantry were