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Caspar David Friedrich. German Romantic Painter
4 monthes ago | By Chez Namaste Nancy
Born on this day in 1774, in Greifswald, Caspar David Friedrich. Here by himself in 1800 when he was studying art in Copenhagen. Looking a bit curious, a bit skeptical, about himself.
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818). 94.8 × 74.8 cm, Kunsthalle Hamburg. This well-known and especially Romantic masterpiece was described by the historian John Lewis Gaddis as leaving a contradictory impression, "suggesting at once mastery over a landscape and the insignificance of the individual within it. We see no face, so it's impossible to know whether the prospect facing the young man is exhilarating...
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