Kaspar David Friedrich
The German romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich, b. Sept. 5, 1774, d. May 7, 1840, was one of the greatest exponents in European art of the symbolic landscape. This German painter was mentioned in the article about Vienna art museum, where his works are excibited. I like very much his paintings, full of mystery and symbols. I also love all that medieval and gothic spirit that is concealed in his art.
He studied at the Academy in Copenhagen (1794-98), and subsequently settled in Dresden, often traveling to other parts of Germany. Friedrich's landscapes are based entirely on those of northern Germany and are beautiful renderings of trees, hills, harbors, morning mists, and other light effects based on a close observation of nature.
In 1808 he exhibited one of his most controversial paintings, The Cross in the Mountains (Gemaldegalerie, Dresden), in which--for the first time in Christian art--an altarpiece was conceived in terms of a pure landscape.
Cloister Cemetery in the Snow
Owl in a Gothic Window
Owl on a Grave
The Sea of Ice
The Cemetery Gate
The Woman with the Candlestick
View from the Painters Studio
The Tree of Crows
Landscape with Oak Trees and a Hunter
Meadows Near Greifswald
He studied at the Academy in Copenhagen (1794-98), and subsequently settled in Dresden, often traveling to other parts of Germany. Friedrich's landscapes are based entirely on those of northern Germany and are beautiful renderings of trees, hills, harbors, morning mists, and other light effects based on a close observation of nature.
In 1808 he exhibited one of his most controversial paintings, The Cross in the Mountains (Gemaldegalerie, Dresden), in which--for the first time in Christian art--an altarpiece was conceived in terms of a pure landscape.
Cloister Cemetery in the Snow
Owl in a Gothic Window
Owl on a Grave
The Sea of Ice
The Cemetery Gate
The Woman with the Candlestick
View from the Painters Studio
The Tree of Crows
Landscape with Oak Trees and a Hunter
Meadows Near Greifswald