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Romantic Painting

(PORTRAITS/FIGURES)
Romantic Painting

The paintings of the Romantic period gave more


emphasis on emotion. Artists expressed as much
feeling and passion as it could be on a canvas .
Romantic art focused on emotions, feelings, and
moods of all kinds including spirituality, imagination,
mystery, and fervor. The subject matter varied
widely including landscapes, religion, revolution,
and peaceful beauty.
Painters of
Romantic
Period
Jean Louis Theodore Gericault

Date of Birth: Subjects:


26 Sep 1791 Figure, Scenery
Art Movement:
Date of Death:
Romanticism
26 Jan 1824 Hometown:
Focus: Paris, France
Paintings,
Drawings
Mediums:
Oil, Wood, Others
Raft of the Medusa
Date of Support:
Creation:
Canvas
1819
Subject:
Height (cm):
Figure
491.00
Art Movement:
Length (cm):
Romanticism
716.00
Medium:
Oil
The Charging Chasseur
Date of Support:
Creation:
Canvas
1812
Height (cm):
Subject:
349.00 Figure
Length (cm): Art Movement:
266.00 Romanticism
Medium:
Oil
The Monomania of Envy
Date of

Creation:
Support:
circa 1822 Canvas
Alternative

Names: Subject:
The Hyena of the Figure
Salpetriere , The
Madwoman, Art Movement:
Insane Woman,
Height (cm): Romanticism
72.00
Length (cm):
58.00
Medium:
Oil

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