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Caspar David Friedrich (5 September 1774 – 7 May 1840) was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. He is best known for his allegorical landscapes, which typically feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies, morning mists, barren trees or Gothic ruins.
Caspar David Friedrich was one of the leading figures of the German Romantic movement. His vast, mysterious, atmospheric landscapes and seascapes proclaimed human helplessness against the forces of nature and did much to establish the idea of the Sublime as a central concern of Romanticism.
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Learn about the life and work of Caspar David Friedrich, a 19th-century German Romantic painter known for his allegorical landscapes and symbolic depictions of nature. Explore his 155 artworks, including oil paintings, sketches and studies, and see his influence on modern artists.
- September 5, 1774
- May 7, 1840
- September 5, 1774
- May 7, 1840
- The Cross in the Mountains (The Tetschen Altar) Commonly referred to as The Tetschen Altar, Friedrich's The Cross in the Mountains features a pine-covered mountaintop upon which stands a large crucifix.
- Morning Mist in the Mountains. This simple painting of a mountain peak awash in a white mist of early dawn fog, surrounded by barely discernable pine trees and rocky outcroppings manifests Friedrich's ideals of the Romantic landscape.
- The Monk by the Sea. Arguably one of Friedrich's most important and well-known works in his oeuvre, this painting launched the artist to international fame when it was exhibited with The Abbey in the Oak Woods (1808-10) at an 1810 art exhibition in Berlin.
- The Abbey in the Oak Wood. A study in subtle colors, rendered in soft shades of browns, yellows, and white, this painting depicts the crumbling remains of a Gothic abbey set amongst a field of barren leafless trees.
Jun 28, 2024 · Zachary Fine on the German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich’s paintings, and on Germany’s celebrations for the artist’s two-hundred-and-fiftieth birthday.
A comprehensive exhibition of the German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich, featuring 75 works from Europe and North America. Explore his vision of nature as a setting for spiritual and emotional encounters, and his role in shaping modern perceptions of the natural world.
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Apr 19, 2024 · A central theme of the exhibition Caspar David Friedrich. Infinite Landscapes is the role of the Nationalgalerie in the rediscovery of Friedrich’s art in the early 20th century. A comprehensive exhibition on Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) is particularly overdue in Berlin.
