Behind "Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature" is the tale of German Romanticism in the Age of Napoleon. Caspar David Friedrich, Monk by the Sea (1808-1810). Photo: Andres Kilger. Courtesy of ...

A new show opening in February at the Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates (if a year late) the 250th anniversary of the birth of Caspar David Friedrich in 1774. In nature, the air feels different.

Much as I'm embarrassed to admit it, I love Caspar David Friedrich's paintings, gooey sentimentalism and all. His landscapes-populated often by just one or a few figures, and many featuring ...

You know the work of Caspar David Friedrich even if you don’t think you do. His classical landscapes, brooded over by solitary individuals or small groups, have adorned metal albums, book covers ...

It was a grand American epoch. But it’s over. Europe must finally emancipate itself – just not as awkwardly as Jürgen ...

If you value our coverage and want to support more of it, please join us as a member. Caspar David Friedrich, “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” (c. 1817) (photo by Elke Walford, courtesy the ...

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The foremost representative of early German Romantic painting, Friedrich is thankfully receiving renewed attention at New ...

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The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, 1818, by Caspar David Friedrich In The Open Window (1921), Juan Gris uses black and dark colours to show parts of the room that are in shade. Light tones are ...

The exhibition “Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature” will run at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through May 11. After a long day of hiking, you’ve finally reached the top of the mountain.