German Romanticist painter Caspar David Friedrich was an incredible creator of landscape scenes and his work is well known for the frequent inclusion of individuals in the foreground of the landscape, as seen in his best known painting, Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog. This blog will look in detail at the career highlights of Caspar David Friedrich and also include some photos of them.
Friedrich was part of the Romanticist art movement but there were few other Germans to made contributions to this style of art, with talent lying elsewhere in alternative methods. Romanticism involves adding one’s emotions into the picture rather than creating a purely realist look and this idea was continued on by the impressionists who followed soon after.
Some of the best Romanticist painters were British, with JMW Turner being a highly respected artist who also was involved heavily with landscape painting, as with Caspar David Friedrich. Turner set a high standard across also seascapes and regularly covered famous battlescenes with in his paintings, capturing the activity and natural surroundings. Fans of Caspar David Friedrich will surely also enjoy the career of JMW Turner as well.
We have included some photos with in this short post of key Friedrich paintings and there are many more to enjoy from the links provided alongside our content. We aim to expand this particular blog over time to comment individually on each of the works to have come from Caspar David Friedrich. He was an impressively passionate artist which led to a continual output of work as he sought to keep himself busy with his much loved pursuit.
The painting above is typical of Friedrich, with a lively landscape scene with the inclusion of a small figure in the foreground which as much as anything helps to bring a context of size to the painting and help the viewer to get a feeling for the immense size and power of the natural features shown here.
The painting below captures some impressive colour which underlines the common techniques of the Romanticist artists who predominantly came from various locations in Europe and much of their work remains highly respected today, and influential in encouraging many any other new art movements which followed soon after.
You are just one of thousands of art fans out there who are interested in the career of Caspar David Friedrich and there are now frequent purchases of handmade reproductions of the artist’s original paintings, with a great selection to choose from thanks to the incredible productivity and level of consistency which this artist achieved.
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