William Blake (poet)
Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres
Eugene Delacroix
John Constable
Thomas Gainsborough
Symbolism and Realism were two major movements that followed Romanticism, and critics and historians alike are debating over whether they were separate developments or a part of Romanticism itself. Nevertheless, we can see that Romanticism made a huge impact on the world and transformed cultures (mostly in the Western world), and in some ways we can see and feel those effects to this day.
Eugène Delacroix is one of the most popular and celebrated Romantic painters. It is noted that although his painting techniques did not vary too much, we know that he maintained the same consistency in the quality of works he produced. His Cleopatra and the Peasant is a majestic painting of the Egyptian queen that evokes in the viewer as strong sense of power, as well as compassion.
Eugène Delacroix, Cleopatra and the Peasant, France, 1798 - 1863
oil on canvas, 1838
Francisco Goya, The Third of May, 1808, Spain, 1814-1815
Goya painted The Third of May as a social satire about Napoleon's oppressive and often brutal armies, who were occupying Spain at the time. This painting exhibits Romanticist characteristics in its use of color effects and techniques and displays a strong emphasis on emotions, specifically noting the fear, resignation and death shown on the victim's faces.
John Constable, Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishops' Grounds, 1823
Oil on canvas
30 in x 23 in
Thomas Gainsborough, Mr. and Mrs. Andrews, c.1750
Oil on canvas
George Inness, Golden Sunset
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