![]() The figures are silhouetted against night skies, morning mists, barren trees or Gothic or megalithic ruins. He is best known for his allegorical landscapes, which typically feature contemplative figures. Caspar David FriedrichĬaspar David Friedrich (1774 – 1840) was a 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. Mountain climbing and hiking have evolved in the Western world since the Romantic era, into a challenge to be achieved.Ĭonquering mountain tops is today something to be admired, an idea that barely existed in earlier centuries. “The artist should paint not only what he has in front of him but also what he sees inside himself.” With the figure’s back placed towards the viewer, we are allowed to experience Friedrich’s insight into the landscape and the insignificance of the individual within it. True to Friedrich’s style, the art is one of self-reflection, expressed through the wanderer’s gaze into the sea of fog. ![]() This painting is considered one of the masterpieces of Romanticism and one of its most representative works. The stones on which the traveler stands are a group on the Kaiserkrone. The group of rocks in front of it represents the Gamrig near Rathen. In the background to the right is the Zirkelstein. The painting is composed of various elements from nature that include the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in Saxony and Bohemia, sketched in the field but rearranged by Friedrich in the studio for the painting. The pervading fog stretches out indefinitely, becoming indistinguishable from the cloud-filled sky. In the far distance, mountains rise in the left, that level off into lowland plains in the east. In the middle of the composition, several other ridges similar to the one the wanderer himself stands upon, jut out from the mist. His hair is caught in the wind, as he gazes out on a landscape covered in a thick sea of fog. He is wrapped in a dark green overcoat, and he holds a walking stick in his right hand for balance. ![]() “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” by Caspar David Friedrich depicts a man standing upon a very steep rock face with his back to the viewer. “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” by Caspar David Friedrich
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