The Abbey in the Oakwood c.1809-10 Oil on canvas
The evening c.1820-21 Oil on canvas
The Ostra Gehege near Dresden c.1824 Oil on canvas
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog c.1818 Oil on canvas
moonrise by the sea c.1822 Oil on canvas
Caspar David Friedrich (September 5, 1774 – May 7, 1840) was a 19th-century German Romantic landscapepainter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. He is best known for his mid-period allegorical landscapes which typically feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies, morning mists, barren trees or Gothic ruins. His primary interest as an artist was the contemplation of nature, and his often symbolic and anti-classical work seeks to convey a subjective, emotional response to the natural world. Friedrich’s paintings characteristically set a human presence in diminished perspective amid expansive landscapes, reducing the figures to a scale that, according to the art historian Christopher John Murray, directs “the viewer’s gaze towards their metaphysical dimension”. (from: wikipedia)
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more information: http://www.caspardavidfriedrich.org/
From the twilight in the dark, I can see a ray of hope.
*Tim Blanks: ‘There was some of the apocalyptic grandeur of German artists Caspar David Friedrich and Anselm Kiefer, and a bit more of the post-apocalyptic grit of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road…’ /Chanel fall 2011 (style.com)
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