Francisco Goya, an early Romantic master, exemplified the love for nature, unusual subjects, human ingenuity, and emotional expression in his works.
2. William Blake
William Blake, a founding member of the Romantic movement, combined poetry and creative expression, expressing intense feelings and individual experiences, often revolting against Enlightenment logic.
3. John Martin
John Martin, a Romantic artist, is known for his dramatic paintings featuring biblical motifs and apocalyptic scenarios, often featuring large landscapes with tiny figures.
4. Thomas Cole
A prominent American landscape painter, Thomas Cole, introduced Romanticism to American painting, adapting European Romantic sensibility and methods to American settings.
5. Caspar David Friedrich
Caspar David Friedrich was a crucial figure in the German Romantic movement renowned for his atmospheric landscape paintings, emphasizing humanity's insignificance against nature's grandeur.
6. Albert Bierstadt
Albert Bierstadt, a German-American painter, was renowned for his Romantic landscape paintings, which beautifully captured the grandeur of the American West.
7. Ivan Aivazovsky
Growing up in Feodosia’s Black Sea coastal village, Aivazovsky developed a strong bond with the sea as a child. His closeness to the sea greatly impacted his creative development.
8. John Constable
John Constable is considered a precursor to the Romantic movement due to his realistic and lifelike depictions of the English countryside.
9. Henry Fuseli
Swiss-born painter Henry Fuseli, a prominent Romantic movement figure in Britain, was known for his vivid, dramatic, and often gruesome paintings exploring the paranormal and subconscious.
10. Eugène Delacroix
Eugène Delacroix, a prominent Romantic painter, is renowned for his dramatic subjects, vibrant compositions, and skilful use of colour in the 1800s.
11. James Ward
James Ward, an English painter and engraver, significantly influenced the Romantic movement in British art, known for his vibrant depictions of horses and other animals.
12. Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres bridged the Romantic movement and supported Neoclassicism, incorporating Romanticism into his paintings, making him significant.
13. George Stubbs
George Stubbs, an English painter, spent 18 months dissecting horses to understand their skeletal and muscular systems, a passion he deeply held for equine anatomy.
14. Théodore Géricault
French painter Théodore Géricault, known for his dramatic and emotional pieces like "The Raft of the Medusa," significantly influenced contemporary art's development.
15. Joseph Wright of Derby
Joseph Wright, an English landscape and portrait painter, was a key figure in the Romantic movement, skillfully merging romanticism with realism in his depictions of the Industrial Revolution.
16. Francesco Hayez
Francesco Hayez, a renowned Italian painter, played a pivotal role in the Romantic era and is known for his exceptional historical paintings, political allegories, and stunning portraits.
17. Johan Christian Dahl
Johan Christian Dahl, a Norwegian landscape painter, is regarded as the country’s first significant Romantic painter and the creator of the “golden age” of Norwegian painting.
18. David Wilkie
Sir David Wilkie, a Scottish painter, significantly influenced the British Romantic movement through his genre sequences, which depicted everyday life and social dynamics.
19. Philipp Otto Rung
Philipp Otto Runge, a prominent German Romantic artist, was known for his revolutionary colour theory, symbolic landscapes, and expressive portraiture alongside Caspar David Friedrich.
20. John Crome
John Crome founded the Norwich School of Painters and created numerous famous landscapes featuring scenes from the Norfolk region.