Walter Stuempfig is a stoop-shouldered Philadelphian with an unruly little mustache and a worried look. He has less to worry about than most artists, for at 35 Stuempfig is a solid critical and ...

At 37, Walter Stuempfig has earned a niche for himself as one of the nation’s foremost “romantic” painters (TIME, Dec. 12, 1949). The subject of much of his romanticism: the streets and ...

and ended his long career as the father of European romanticism. Other artists will be included as well. Week 6: Romanticism ascendant Turner, Constable, Gericault, Delacroix, Friedrich and others ...