Famous Romanticism Paintings & Their Artists

Romanticism (c. 1780–1850) emphasized emotion, nature, individualism, and the sublime. Key masterpieces include:

• The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818) – Caspar David Friedrich
• The Hay Wain (1821) – John Constable
• Liberty Leading the People (1830) – Eugène Delacroix
• The Fighting Temeraire (1839) – J.M.W. Turner
• The Third of May 1808 (1814) – Francisco Goya
• Saturn Devouring His Son (1819–1823) – Francisco Goya
• The Raft of the Medusa (1818–1819) – Théodore Géricault
• The Burial at Ornans (1849–1850) – Gustave Courbet (Realism precursor)

Other notable Romantics: William Blake, Henry Fuseli, Théodore Chassériau, Ivan Aivazovsky, Francesco Hayez.