Romanticism
1780s-1850s
Romanticism emphasized emotion, individualism, and the glorification of nature and the past, often featuring dramatic and exotic subject matter.
Historical Context
Romanticism emerged as a reaction against the Industrial Revolution and Enlightenment rationalism. Artists emphasized emotion, imagination, and the power of nature, often depicting dramatic landscapes and historical scenes.
Key Characteristics
- •Emphasis on emotion and individualism
- •Glorification of nature and the sublime
- •Interest in the exotic, mysterious, and medieval
- •Dramatic and dynamic compositions
- •Rejection of rationalism in favor of emotion
Notable Romanticism Artists
Rowlandson, Thomas
1756–1827
Delacroix, Eugène
1798–1863
Constable, John
1776–1837
Devéria, Achille
1800–1857
Blake, William
1757–1827
Decamps, Alexandre-Gabriel
1803–1860
Géricault, Théodore
1791–1824
Fuseli, Henry
1741–1825
Chassériau, Théodore
1819–1856
Palmer, Samuel
1805–1881
Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste
1827–1875
Trumbull, John
1756–1843
West, Benjamin
1738–1820
Doré, Gustave
1832–1883
Pieneman, Jan Willem
1779–1853
Stubbs, George
1724–1806
Leutze, Emanuel Gottlieb
1816–1868
Ryder, Albert Pinkham
1847–1917
Kruseman, Jan Adam Jansz.
1804–1862
Huet, Paul
1803–1869
Martin, John
1789–1854
Scheffer, Ary
1795–1858
Wolf, Caspar
1735–1783
Devéria, Eugène
1805–1865
Romanticism Artworks
Two Men Contemplating the Moon
Caspar David Friedrich
Ship by Moonlight
Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky (Hovhannes Aivazian)
The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches
Henry Fuseli
Christ Asleep during the Tempest
Eugène Delacroix
Hamlet and His Mother
Eugène Delacroix
Basket of Flowers
Eugène Delacroix
The Abduction of Rebecca
Eugène Delacroix
George Sand's Garden at Nohant
Eugène Delacroix
Madame Henri François Riesener (Félicité Longrois, 1786–1847)
Eugène Delacroix
The Natchez
Eugène Delacroix
Rebecca and the Wounded Ivanhoe
Eugène Delacroix
Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds
John Constable
Mrs. James Pulham Sr. (Frances Amys, ca. 1766–1856)
John Constable
Stoke-by-Nayland
John Constable
Dying Stag
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer
Tiburcio Pérez y Cuervo (1785/86–1841), the Architect
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
José Costa y Bonells (died l870), Called Pepito
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
Josefa de Castilla Portugal y van Asbrock de Garcini (1775–about 1850)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
Ignacio Garcini y Queralt (1752–1825), Brigadier of Engineers
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
Majas on a Balcony
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
Bullfight in a Divided Ring
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
Sebastián Martínez y Pérez (1747–1800)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuñiga (1784–1792)
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
Condesa de Altamira and Her Daughter, María Agustina
Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)