19th-Century Art Movements: From Romanticism to Post-Impressionism

Posted on Mar 1, 2025 in Arts and Humanities

Romanticism (France and England)

  • France:
    • Théodore Géricault: The Raft of the Medusa
    • Eugène Delacroix: The Barque of Dante, The Massacre at Chios, The Death of Sardanapalus, Entry of the Crusaders in Constantinople, Liberty Leading the People
  • England:
    • John Constable: The Hay Wain, Salisbury Cathedral
    • J.M.W. Turner: Snow Storm at Sea, Rain, Steam and Speed
  • Germany:
    • Caspar David Friedrich: Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, The Sea of Ice

Romantic Sculpture

  • François Rude: The March of the Volunteers (also known as La Marseillaise) on the Arc de Triomphe.

Realism

  • Gustave Courbet: The Burial at Ornans, The Stone Breakers, The Painter’s Studio
  • Honoré Daumier: The Laundress, Third-Class Carriage
  • Jean-François Millet: The Angelus

Impressionism

  • Édouard Manet: The Balcony, Luncheon on the Grass, Olympia, A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
  • Claude Monet: Impression, Sunrise, Water Lilies series, Poppies
  • Pierre-Auguste Renoir: The Theater Box, Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette, Luncheon of the Boating Party, The Bathers
  • Edgar Degas: The Dance Class, The Dance Rehearsal

Sculpture in the Second Half of the 19th Century

  • Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux: The Dance (on the facade of the Paris Opera)
  • Auguste Rodin: The Hand of God, The Gates of Hell, The Thinker, The Kiss

Architectural Styles

Neogothic

  • Royal Pavilion (Brighton)
  • British Parliament (Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin)
  • Crystal Palace (London, 1851 Exhibition)

Neo-Baroque

  • Paris Opera
  • Brussels Courthouse

Eiffel Tower [for the 1889 Expo]: The same engineer who created the metal structure supporting the Statue of Liberty and the locks of the Panama Canal.

Post-Impressionism

  • Paul Cézanne: Mont Sainte-Victoire series, The Card Players
  • Georges Seurat: The Circus, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
  • Paul Gauguin: The Vision After the Sermon, Tahitian Women, The Yellow Christ, The Market
  • Vincent van Gogh: The Night Cafe, Bedroom in Arles, Wheatfield with Crows, The Starry Night, Sunflowers
  • Toulouse-Lautrec: Posters