Caspar David Friedrich
1774–1840 · German · 30 artworks
RomanticismSublime landscapesSilhouetted figuresSymbolic use of natureAtmospheric perspectiveUse of Rückenfigur
artist bio
Caspar David Friedrich was a 19th-century German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation. He is best known for his allegorical landscapes which typically feature contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies, morning mists, barren trees, or Gothic ruins, demonstrating the sublime beauty of nature.
what you'll learn
Students can learn about the use of landscape to evoke emotion and convey spiritual ideas. Studying Friedrich's work will help students understand the Romantic movement's emphasis on nature, the sublime, and the individual's relationship to the world.
related: Thomas Cole, Albert Bierstadt
30 artworks
View from the Small Warmbrunn Sturmhaube
1811
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Fog in the Elbe Valley
1821
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Monastery ruins in the snow
1819
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Plowed Field
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Landscape with Mountain Lake Morning
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Landscape in the Riesengebirge
1798
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Rocky Ravine in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains
1823
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Bohemian Landscape with Mount Milleschauer
1808
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Woman with a candlestick
1825
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Riesengebirge Landscape with Rising Fog
1820
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Drifting Clouds
1820
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The Grosse Gehege near Dresden
1832
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Cross and Cathedral in the Mountains
1812
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Easter Morning
1835
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Morning in Riesengebirge
1811
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Ruined Monastery of Eldena near Greifswald
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Morning in the Sudeten Mountains
1811
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Giant Mountains Landscape with Rising Fog
1820
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Woman Before the Rising Sun
1820
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The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog
1818
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The Riesengebirge
1835
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Evening Landscape with Two Men
1835
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Hills and Ploughed Fields near Dresden
1825
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Morning in the Mountains
1823
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Cross and Church in the Mountains
1812
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Couple Gazing at the Moon
1824
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The dreamer
1840
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The Watzmann
1825
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Solitary Tree
1822
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Bohemian Landscape
1808
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