Romantic Paintings (page 3)

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A dirt path winds through a field of gold-green grass back to a town built on low hills in this horizontal, densely hazy landscape painting. Several minuscule people walk on the path and at least one person rides a horse.

Sanford Robinson Gifford Siout, Egypt, 1874 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a woodland scene with dense trees on the right side, their white and brown trunks twisting upwards and their leaves in shades of dark green, yellow ochre, and rusty orange.

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña The Edge of the Forest at Les Monts-Girard, Fontainebleau, 1868 National Gallery of Art

A view across a wide, brightly lit field scattered with broken pieces of stone is framed to the left and right by crumbling stone temples in this horizontal painting.

Sanford Robinson Gifford Ruins of the Parthenon, 1880 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a vast countryside from an elevated point of view. At the bottom of the painting is a wide brown and green field that appears to be growing wheat or a similar crop.

George Inness Harvest Scene in the Delaware Valley, 1867 National Gallery of Art

Tall, billowing, lavender-purple and shell-pink clouds line the distant horizon over a vast plain of flat grassy land in this horizontal landscape painting.

Martin Johnson Heade Sunlight and Shadow: The Newbury Marshes, c. 1871/1875 National Gallery of Art

We look across the tops of trees down onto the roofs of a cluster of buildings and then a grassy expanse, a body of water, and rolling hills in this notably wide landscape painting. The trees are painted with shades of pine and olive green.

Théodore Rousseau Panoramic Landscape near the River Moselle, c. 1830 National Gallery of Art

A large, dark sailing ship to our left is stranded near the shore, angled dramatically away from us, in choppy waves under a periwinkle-blue sky streaked with gray and copper-colored clouds in this horizontal painting.

Asher Brown Durand The Stranded Ship, 1844 National Gallery of Art

We look slightly down onto a bay that curves away from us into the distance and to our right in this horizontal landscape painting. C-shaped, shallow waves lap at the sandy beach from our right.

Worthington Whittredge Second Beach, Newport, c. 1878/1880 National Gallery of Art

Sunlight, Théodore Rousseau, c. 1848/1850, oil on wood

Théodore Rousseau Sunlight, c. 1848/1850 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a landscape with a wide river on the right flowing through green hills.

John Frederick Kensett View on the Genesee near Mount Morris, 1857 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a rural landscape with a shepherdess tending to a flock of sheep on a tree-lined dirt path. She is facing away from us and wears a blue skirt with a white shirt and a white bonnet covering her hair.

George Inness Hillside at Étretat, 1876 National Gallery of Art

The painting displays a dark green field stretching into the distance. A line of trees and small, indistinct structures can be seen near the center of the painting.

George Inness Harvest Moon, 1891 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a landscape with tall, blue, snow-capped mountains in the distance. There are blue and purple clouds in the yellow sky.

Jasper Francis Cropsey View of Mt. Washington, 1881 National Gallery of Art

We look across a waterlogged path at a line of rust-red and bronze-brown trees that nearly span the width of this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted, which creates a blurred look.

Théodore Rousseau After the Rain, c. 1850 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a landscape scene with a body of water, trees, reflections, and a house in the distance. The composition shows a low horizon line with trees arching across the scene and soft reflections on the water's surface.

Charles-François Daubigny Sunset on the River, 1874 National Gallery of Art

A path enclosed almost entirely with trees stretches into a dense, sun-dappled forest before us in this horizontal landscape painting.

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña In the Forest, 1874 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a woodland scene with tall trees surrounding a small, still pond. The trees and grassy ground are painted in shades of olive-green, rusty orange, yellow ochre, and dark brown.

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña The Frog Pond, 1876 National Gallery of Art

We look across and down into a valley with a person sitting near a tall tree and a train puffing smoke beyond, all enclosed by a band of mountains in the distance in this horizontal landscape painting.

George Inness The Lackawanna Valley, c. 1856 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a tranquil river scene with a distant horizon on the left showing rolling landscapes, trees, and small brown buildings across calm water.

Charles-François Daubigny Washerwomen at the Oise River near Valmondois, 1865 National Gallery of Art

We look across a dark, aquamarine-blue body of water at a bulky, stony outcropping to our right in this horizontal landscape painting.

John Frederick Kensett Beacon Rock, Newport Harbor, 1857 National Gallery of Art

We look out onto a sweeping, panoramic view with trees, their leaves fiery orange and red, framing a view of a distant body of water under a sun-streaked sky in this long, horizontal landscape painting.

Jasper Francis Cropsey Autumn - On the Hudson River, 1860 National Gallery of Art

Across a short stretch of sand in front of us, waves of bottle-green water break over two boulders on the shoreline, with sailboats in the water beyond, in this wide, horizontal painting.

Martin Johnson Heade Rio de Janeiro Bay, 1864 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a tranquil lake scene with a low horizon line showing a pale green hill in the background under a pale, cloudy sky. Closer to us, on the right, there is a large, textured rock surrounded by greenery and red flowers.

John Frederick Kensett Landing at Sabbath Day Point, c. 1853 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a view overlooking a valley with a river in the distance. The almost-cloudless sky is painted in shades of light blue with faint pink near the horizon.

George Inness View of the Tiber near Perugia, 1872-1874 National Gallery of Art

A placid river winds past low hills with cows to fields blanketed with trees leading back to mountains lining the horizon in this hazy, horizontal, landscape painting.

Asher Brown Durand A Pastoral Scene, 1858 National Gallery of Art

A pink-toned sandy beach meets a placid body of pale blue water under a hazy sky in this horizontal landscape painting.

John Frederick Kensett Beach at Beverly, c. 1869/1872 National Gallery of Art

Near the center of the painting, a masted wooden ship floats against a vibrant sunset that fades from lilac purple to carnation pink along the horizon line, which comes about a quarter of the way up this horizontal landscape.

Fitz Henry Lane Lumber Schooners at Evening on Penobscot Bay, 1863 National Gallery of Art

Mountains painted in tones of sage and mint green and mauve purple are backlit against a hazy sky in this expansive, nearly square landscape painting.

Joseph Wright of Derby Italian Landscape, 1790 National Gallery of Art

We look sightly down and across a green meadow in front of us at a grove of tall trees to our left next to a shimmering body of water, before a deep view of distant mountains beneath an ice-blue sky in this horizontal landscape.

Asher Brown Durand Pastoral Landscape, 1861 National Gallery of Art

This painting features a landscape with a calm body of water dominating the lower portion. The view is slightly elevated, overlooking the water that reflects the surrounding greenery and sky.

Jasper Francis Cropsey Warwick Castle, England, 1857 National Gallery of Art

Two ships and two sailboats, all with full sails, float on a gently rippling body of water in front of a pale pastel-shaded sky in this horizontal painting.

Fitz Henry Lane Becalmed off Halfway Rock, 1860 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a seascape with large sailing ships and smaller vessels. To the right of center is a large ship with several tall masts and many billowing white sails.

Fitz Henry Lane New York Harbor, 1852 National Gallery of Art

Twigs of a magnolia tree with light green, glossy leaves and three cream-white blossoms lie on a sapphire-blue cloth in this horizontal still life painting.

Martin Johnson Heade Giant Magnolias on a Blue Velvet Cloth, c. 1890 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a rocky green ravine with a gray stream running through it, surrounded by thick foliage and large boulders. An arched stone bridge crosses over the stream in the center of the painting.

Théodore Rousseau Mountain Stream in the Auvergne, 1830 National Gallery of Art

Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote, Joseph Wright of Derby, c. 1771–72, oil on canvas

Joseph Wright of Derby Portrait of Colonel Charles Heathcote, c. 1771–72 Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Woman, Joseph Wright of Derby, ca. 1770, oil on canvas

Joseph Wright of Derby Portrait of a Woman, ca. 1770 The Met

This painting shows two large pears on a white tablecloth. The pear on the left is a pinkish color and sits directly on the cloth. The pear on the right is yellow, and it rests on a white plate next to a small knife.

Sanford Robinson Gifford Two Pears on a Tabletop, c. 1866 National Gallery of Art

Landscape, Distant Village, Charles-François Daubigny, c. 1870/1875, oil on wood

Charles-François Daubigny Landscape, Distant Village, c. 1870/1875 National Gallery of Art

This painting depicts a landscape with an open green field stretching out into the distance. At the bottom of the painting, there is a rocky area with sparse vegetation and yellow, sun-bleached grass.

Théodore Rousseau Countryside in Picardy, 1860 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a forest floor under tall trees, with a grassy path leading into the distance. The sky is obscured by dense green foliage and tree limbs.

Narcisse Virgilio Díaz de la Peña Forest Scene, 1874 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a landscape with a field, trees, and a dramatic cloudy sky. Grass, rocks, and a group of large trees are visible in the center of the composition.

Jules Dupré The Old Oak, c. 1870 National Gallery of Art

The painting shows a landscape with a calm body of water stretching across the center, beyond a brown bank of rocks and short green grass. A thin tree rises up on the left.

Théodore Rousseau Landscape with Boatman, c. 1860 National Gallery of Art

The painting depicts a man shown from the knees up, standing with his arms crossed over his chest and his head turned to the right. He has light skin, ruddy cheeks with a brown mole, a long nose, and small red lips in a neutral expression.

Joseph Wright of Derby Portrait of a Gentleman, c. 1770-1773 National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a green landscape from an elevated viewpoint. In the distance, light blue water meets a pale-yellow sky, and the sun casts a golden glow over the landscape.

George Inness Lake Albano, Sunset, c. 1874 National Gallery of Art

Against a distant, hazy, verdant forest, a petal-pink and amethyst-purple orchid grows from a mossy branch close to us, to our left, while three jewel-toned hummingbirds gather around a nest to our right in this horizontal painting.

Martin Johnson Heade Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds, 1871 National Gallery of Art

George Stubbs White Poodle in a Punt, c. 1780 National Gallery of Art

Auvers (Washerwomen), Charles-François Daubigny, 1861, oil on wood

Charles-François Daubigny Auvers (Washerwomen), 1861 National Gallery of Art

Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct, Théodore Géricault, 1818, oil on canvas

Théodore Géricault Evening: Landscape with an Aqueduct, 1818 The Met

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