Caspar David Friedrich

German · 1774–1840 · Painter, Printmaker

Caspar David Friedrich was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often symbolic, and… (Wikipedia)

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Caspar David Friedrich was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often symbolic, and anti-classical work, conveys a subjective, emotional response to the natural world. Friedrich's paintings often set contemplative human figures silhouetted against night skies, morning mists, barren trees or Gothic ruins. Art historian Christopher John Murray described their presence, in diminished perspective, amid expansive landscapes, as reducing the figures to a scale that directs "the viewer's gaze towards their metaphysical dimension".

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Born 1774, GreifswaldDied 1840, DresdenOccupation Painter, Printmaker, Sculptor, DraughtsmanWikidata Q104884 ↗ULAN 500116242 ↗Museum works 23

German Romanticism

Also known as c. d. friedrich, Caspar D. Friedrich, Friedrich Caspar David, Kaspar David Fridrikh, kaspar david friedrich, Kasparov David Friedrich

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Caspar David Friedrich, Two Men Contemplating the Moon — **Two Men Contemplating the Moon**ca. 1825–30 · Oil on canvas
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Wrightsman Fund, 2000 — Open Access (CC0)

Caspar David Friedrich, Northern Landscape, Spring — **Northern Landscape, Spring**c. 1825 · oil on canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons' Permanent Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Caspar David Friedrich, Site of a Fire — **Site of a Fire**September 29, 1802 (printed 1803 or later) · Etching on wove paper; second state
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927 — Open Access…

Caspar David Friedrich, Footpath with a Bridge — **Footpath with a Bridge**November 20–22, 1802(?) · Etching; only state
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1927 — Open Access…

Caspar David Friedrich, Moonrise on an Empty Shore — **Moonrise on an Empty Shore**1837/1839 · brush and brown ink over graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Patrons' Permanent Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Caspar David Friedrich, New Moon or Solar Eclipse above the Riesengebirge Mountains — **New Moon or Solar Eclipse above the Riesengebirge Mountains**1810 or 1828/1835 · pen and gray ink with watercolor over graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Purchased as…

Caspar David Friedrich, Man en vrouw bij resten van hun verbrande huis — **Man en vrouw bij resten van hun verbrande huis**1802-09-21
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Caspar David Friedrich, Vrouw staand aan de rand van de afgrond en raaf — **Vrouw staand aan de rand van de afgrond en raaf**1801 - 1803
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam ↗
Public domain · Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam — public domain

Caspar David Friedrich, Doorway in Meissen — **Doorway in Meissen**1827
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Caspar David Friedrich, Oak in the Snow — **Oak in the Snow**1827
Wallraf–Richartz Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Wallraf–Richartz Museum

Caspar David Friedrich, The Evergreens by the Waterfall — **The Evergreens by the Waterfall**1828
Hamburger Kunsthalle ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Hamburger Kunsthalle

Caspar David Friedrich, Spruce thicket in the snow — **Spruce thicket in the snow**1828
Bavarian State Painting Collections ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Bavarian State Painting Collections

Caspar David Friedrich, The Oaktree in the Snow — **The Oaktree in the Snow**1829
Alte Nationalgalerie ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Alte Nationalgalerie

Caspar David Friedrich, Rest during the hay harvest — **Rest during the hay harvest**1834
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Caspar David Friedrich, An owl on a bare tree — **An owl on a bare tree**1834
http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/a5aa577bd1911aa17f469fa1ed660cfb ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/g…

Caspar David Friedrich, Forest in late autumn — **Forest in late autumn**1835
Angermuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Angermuseum

Caspar David Friedrich, Statue of the Madonna in the Mountains — **Statue of the Madonna in the Mountains**1804 · Brush and black ink and gray wash, with graphite, on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Margaret Day Blake Collection — public domain (CC0)

Caspar David Friedrich, Young Man Lying on a Grave — **Young Man Lying on a Grave**1803–04 · Woodcut on paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Hamill Fund — public domain (CC0)

Caspar David Friedrich, Woman with Spider's Web Between Bare Trees — **Woman with Spider's Web Between Bare Trees**1803 · Woodcut on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Alfred E. Hamill Collection — public domain (CC0)

Caspar David Friedrich, Self-Portrait — **Self-Portrait**n.d. · Woodcut on paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Hamill Fund — public domain (CC0)

Caspar David Friedrich, Scene of a Fire — **Scene of a Fire**1802 · Etching on paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and…

Caspar David Friedrich, The Woman with the Spider Web between Bare Trees — **The Woman with the Spider Web between Bare Trees**1803 · woodcut
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Caspar David Friedrich, Footbridge with Cross before Trees at a River — **Footbridge with Cross before Trees at a River**c.1803 · etching
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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