Painting #128 - Romanticism

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Romanticism in France

Théodore Géricault (1791–1824, French) 

The Raft of the Medusa
- Géricault
- oil on canvas (491 × 716 cm) 1818-19
- Louvre (Paris) 

It depicted the aftermath of a contemporary French shipwreck, Meduse, in which the captain had left the crew and passengers to die.

The Woman with a Gambling Mania
 (A Madwoman and Compulsive Gambler)
- Théodore Géricault
- oil on canvas (77 x 65 cm) c.1820
- Louvre (Paris) 

Head of a White Horse
- Géricault
- oil on canvas (65 x 54 cm) c.1810
- Louvre (Paris) 

Eugène Delacroix (1798–1863, French)

Orphan Girl at the Cemetery
- Delacroix
- oil on canvas (65 × 54 cm) 1824
- Louvre (Paris) 

Although believed to be a preparatory work in oil for the artist's later Massacre at Chios, this painting is nevertheless considered a masterpiece in its own right.

Arabs Skirmishing in the Mountains
- Eugène Delacroix
- oil on canvas (92.5 x 74.5 cm) 1863
- National Gallery of Art (Washington) 

The Death of Sardanapalus
- Eugène Delacroix
- oil on canvas (392 × 496 cm) 1827, (74 × 82 cm) 1844
- Louvre (Paris), Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia) 

Lord Byron in Albanian dress
- Thomas Phillips (1770–1845, English)
- oil on canvas (77 x 64 cm) c.1835
- National Portrait Gallery (London) 

Lord Byron (1788-1824, English) was an English poet and politician, and is considered one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement. His play Sardanapalus (1821) inspired Delacroix's “The Death of Sardanapalus” painting.

Romanticism in science

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe at age 79
- Joseph Karl Stieler  (1781–1858, German)
- oil on canvas (78 x 64 cm) 1828
- Neue Pinakothek (Munich) 

A German writer and statesman, Goethe is considered the greatest German literary figure of the modern era.
Literary movement: Sturm und Drang, Weimar Classicism, Romanticism in science.

German Romantic landscape

Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840, German) 

The Giant Mountains
- Friedrich
- oil on canvas (72 × 102 cm) 1830-35
- Alte Nationalgalerie (Berlin) 

The Monk by the Sea
- Caspar David Friedrich
- oil on canvas (110 × 172 cm) 1808-10
- Alte Nationalgalerie (Berlin) 

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
- Friedrich
- oil on canvas (98 × 75 cm) 1818
- Kunsthalle Hamburg (Hamburg) 

English Romantic landscape

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775–1851, English)

Mortlake Terrace
- J.M.W. Turner
- oil on canvas (92 x 122 cm) 1842
- National Gallery of Art (Washington) 

Snow Storm
- William Turner
- oil on canvas (91 × 122 cm) 1842
- Tate (London) 

Approach to Venice
- Turner
- oil on canvas (62 x 94 cm) 1844
- National Gallery of Art (Washington) 

John Constable (1776–1837, English)

Wivenhoe Park, Essex
- John Constable
- oil on canvas (56 × 101 cm) 1816
- National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.) 

The Hay Wain
- John Constable
- oil on canvas (130 × 185 cm) 1821
- National Gallery (London) 

Dedham Vale
- John Constable
- oil on canvas (44 x 34 cm) 1802
- Victoria and Albert Museum (London) 

The White Horse (A Scene on the river Stour)
- John Constable
- oil on canvas (130 x 188 cm) 1819
- The Frick Collection (NYC) 

English Mysticism

Samuel Palmer (1805–1881, English) 

Coming from Evening Church
- Samuel Palmer
- oil (30 x 20 cm) 1830
- Tate Britain (London) 

William Blake (1757–1827, English)

Issac Newton
- William Blake
- oil on canvas (460 x 600 cm) 1795
- Tate Britain (London) 

Source: Wikipedia