Caspar David Friedrich 1774-1840 Caspar David Friedrich Locations German painter, studied art at Copenhagen, and in 1798 settled in Dresden. Friedrich painted chiefly landscapes and seascapes, with and without figures, architectural pictures, including a few of Dresden, and some religious subjects. Religious feeling and symbolism permeate his œuvre, of which the seascape with figures, Die Lebensstufen, is a characteristic example. He possessed considerable power to convey mood in landscape. Almost forgotten in the 19th c. and early 20th c., interest in his work increased considerably in the mid-20th c. He is hardly represented in Britain, but an exhibition of 112 of his pictures at the Tate Gallery in 1972 attracted much attention. F. G. Kersting was a friend of Friedrich.
Riesengebirgslandschaft Date Deutsch: um 1835
English: c. 1835
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 73.5 X 102.5 cm (28.94 X 40.35 in)
cyf Painting ID:: 72540
Caspar David Friedrich Riesengebirgslandschaft Date Deutsch: um 1835
English: c. 1835
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 73.5 X 102.5 cm (28.94 X 40.35 in)
cyf
Chalk Cliffs on Rugen ca. 1818(1818)
Oil on canvas
90.5 X 71 cm (35.63 X 27.95 in)
cjr Painting ID:: 72591
1774-1840 Caspar David Friedrich Locations German painter, studied art at Copenhagen, and in 1798 settled in Dresden. Friedrich painted chiefly landscapes and seascapes, with and without figures, architectural pictures, including a few of Dresden, and some religious subjects. Religious feeling and symbolism permeate his œuvre, of which the seascape with figures, Die Lebensstufen, is a characteristic example. He possessed considerable power to convey mood in landscape. Almost forgotten in the 19th c. and early 20th c., interest in his work increased considerably in the mid-20th c. He is hardly represented in Britain, but an exhibition of 112 of his pictures at the Tate Gallery in 1972 attracted much attention. F. G. Kersting was a friend of Friedrich.