Friedrich Caspar David

The picture captivates the viewer with the immensity of the sea distance. The whole composition consists of multicolored horizontal bands: almost white coastal sand with a solitary figure of a

By the middle of the 1820s, Friedrich’s painting gradually began to go out of fashion. And although he remained a professor at the Dresden Academy of Arts, he was gradually

The figure of the contemplator is a frequent motif of the landscapes of Friedrich. As a rule, he turns his back to the viewer: the artist is interested not in

January 21, 1818 German romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich surprised everyone. Already elderly and lonely, feeling himself alone with nature, usually closed, even harsh and only in the company of

This picture with good reason can be called allegorical. Two people stand on a stony path and peer into the distance. Beside them – a large boulder and a spruce.

Landscapes of Frederick are filled with symbols. The phases of the moon, the times of the day, architectural forms and, of course, the trees – all this could acquire symbolic

Like most Germans, Friedrich was extremely unhappy with the occupation of Germany by Napoleon’s troops. The artist expressed his patriotism in many ways. For example, he dressed the characters of

This is one of the best Friedrich paintings devoted to the theme of death and resurrection. “Abbey in an oak forest” is considered a pair work for the painting “Monk

For a long time Friedrich was considered a very morose, painful artist. In part this was due to his closed nature, an ascetic way of life. But most of all,

The figure of the contemplator is a frequent motif of the landscapes of Friedrich. As a rule, he turns his back to the viewer: the artist is interested not in

In this memorable and very disturbing picture, the second name of which is “Five Ages”, depicts a corner of the coast of Pomerania, not far from Greifswald. Such rocky beaches

Most landscapes of Frederick have a symbolic overtones. Typically, the artist will transform the source material in such a way that the finished scene looks unrealistic. True, in some cases

Friedrich first saw the mountains, being very young, in 1810. Since then they have become a frequent motif of his landscapes, a symbol of the heights of knowledge and spiritual

There are different opinions on the interpretation of the figures of Frederick. Many believe that the artist was not strong in the image of a human figure, and that’s why

This picture Friedrich sent, among others, to the exhibition in Weimar at the end of 1811. She has a pair job under the same name, which depicts a lame young