Romanticism in 10 sublime works exhibited in Stockholm

At the dawn of the 19th century^e century, artists, first in Germany, then throughout Europe, became passionate about sublime visions of a grandiose naturepowerful and destructive. Inspiring in turn fascination, melancholy, concern and terror, these paintings return man to the tragedy of his destiny, and reflect his passions and inner torments. The romanticismnicknamed “the evil of the century”, was born!

This movement – ​​which has its roots in the Age of Enlightenment and the great political and spiritual revolutions of the time to invade all the arts – echoes a loss of bearings and disenchantment. Feeling overwhelmed and upset in their certainties, artists rejected the harmonious vision of man and nature that classicism advocated in order to express intense personal feelings… The result striking worksof which here is one superb anthology currently on display in Stockholm.