Romanticism

The Seventh Plague of Egypt is an 1823 biblical painting by English Romantic painter John Martin. Analysis of Martin’s The Seventh Plague of Egypt This story is taken from the book of Exodus in the Bible when Moses calls upon God to release on the kingdom of Egypt the seventh plague of thunder and hail […]

The Morning is an 1808 painting by German artist of the Romantic era Philipp Otto Runge (1777-1810). Runge was one of the most important of the German Romantic painters, along with Caspar David Friedrich, despite his short life and The Morning is a wonderful example of this. Not only was he an artist but he

Jewish Wedding in Morocco is an 1839 Orientalist painting by the leading French artist of the Romantic period Eugène Delacroix. It is located in the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. Analysis of Delacroix’s Jewish Wedding in Morocco Delacroix, (1798-1863) first travelled to North Africa in 1832 and was captivated by its various cultures, remarking in

Weymouth Bay is an 1816 landscape and seascape painting by English Romantic artist John Constable depicting a scene in South West England on the English Channel coast. British painter John Constable (1776-1837) was among the most influential of the English Romantics and profoundly inspired the likes of Eugene Delacroix. Constable was most renowned for his

British painter John Constable’s Stonehenge from 1835 again revels in dramatic atmospheric effects as the sky is swept with broad strokes of light that signal the mysticism surrounding the prehistoric monument. There is a cohesion between Constable’s choice of subject matter and his characteristic dwelling upon the elements of nature. The sky is so quickly

The Scholar is an 1831 painting by English genre painter Henry Liverseege which depicts a scholar studying a book. Henry Liverseege (1802-32), who produced a large number of mostly genre paintings depicting literary and folklore subjects during his short life. Here in The Scholar from 1831 we are shown a seated man dressed in a

The Swing is a 1779 painting by Spanish Rococo artist Francisco Goya. It is located in the El Prado Museum in Madrid, Spain. Analysis of Goya’s The Swing This painting is in the tradition of the fête galante, or a country scene of leisure. The woman on the swing is surrounded by four children and

J.M.W Turner’s 1839 maritime painting in the Romanticism style, full name ‘The Fighting Temeraire, tugged to her last berth to be broken up’ depicts HMS Temeraire being brought out to sea by a modern steamship to be scrapped. Laid down in 1793 and formally launched in 1798 for the Royal Navy, the HMS Temeraire was

Horse Frightened by Lightning is an 1829 watercolor by French Romantic artist Eugene Delacroix. It is in the Budapest Museum of Fine Arts in Hungary. Analysis of Horse Frightened by Lightning During his career, Delacroix painted a number of monumental historical paintings, and in so doing, would become a master horse painter as can be

Eugene Delacroix displays in 1838’s Medea About to Kill her Children a Romantic focus on a subject of extreme emotion. Taken from a disturbing tale in Ancient Greek classical tragedy, Medea is about to commit the murders of her two sons to avenge the suspected faithlessness of her husband. Delacroix’s Medea grips her two boys

The Slave Ship is an 1840 oil painting by J.M.W. Turner in the Romantic Maritime style, which Turner was well known for. On the surface, it looks like an innocent painting of a stormy sea with a ship middle left struggling to find its passage through. Look closer. You will see bodies. You will see

The Coffee Bearer is an 1857 oil painting in the Orientalist and Romantic style by English artist John Frederick Lewis. This work can be found in the Manchester Art Gallery in the United Kingdom. Analysis of The Coffee Bearer English painter John Frederick Lewis painted in the Orientalist style, depicting scenes of the Eastern World,

Tea Drinking is a 1904 orientalist painting by Russian artist Andrei Ryabushkin who specialized in genre paintings in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Analysis of Ryabushkin’s Tea Drinking This picture depicts a scene of everyday life and seemingly ordinary people in the traditional genre style which Ryabushskin mostly painted in, and in

Portrait of a Lady, of an unknown woman, was produced by English painter John Hoppner around 1795 after he became the painter to the Prince of Wales at the time. The painting is unsigned and undated and is currently in the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia after being purchased by the gallery in

This 1760s work by noted English portraitist George Romney is of the Leigh Family – featuring Jarrett Leigh, who was a Proctor at the Doctors’ Commons, and his wife and six children. Jarrett Leigh was known to be something of an amateur painter himself. George Romney’s The Leigh Family is currently on display in the

The Wave is an 1869 Romantic painting by French artist Gustave Courbet. Analysis of The Wave Completed by the French painter Gustave Courbet in 1869, this picture pre-dates the impressionists and is generally considered to be ‘post-Romantic’ is one of a series of paintings he produced of ocean Waves in Normandy, North Western France. Gustave

Study of the Model Joseph is an 1819 portrait sketch by French Romantic painter Théodore Géricault, likely a preparatory work for Géricault’s masterpiece painting The Raft of the Medusa. It is located in the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, California. A Sketch for The Raft of the Medusa This portrait and Study of a model

Walton Bridges is an 1806 Romantic landscape painting by English artist J.M.W Turner. Analysis of Walton Bridges Here English artist J.M.W. Turner depicts Walton Bridges, a double wooden Bridge at Walton, South-West of London. This setting was also painted by other artists including as the Italian painter Canaletto. The painting was completed in 1806 and