Description In the foreground, a man stands upon a rocky precipice with his back to the viewer. He is wrapped in a dark green overcoat, and grips a walking stick in his right hand. [3] His hair caught in a wind, the wanderer gazes out on a landscape covered in a thick sea of fog. Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, oil painting by German artist Caspar David Friedrich that was completed about 1818. It is regarded as one of the most representative and important works of the German Romantic movement. The sublime power of nature is a dominant theme in Friedrich's paintings.
Wanderer above the sea of fog by Elisallysa on DeviantArt
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog is the quintessential Romantic artwork. The aesthetic began as a reaction against the Enlightenment values (logic, rationality, order) that partially contributed to the bloody, monarch-toppling French Revolution of 1789. Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog (c. 1818) by Caspar David Friedrich has become an iconic painting depicting the depths of solitude. It is one of the finest examples from the German Romantic art movement and the one that we will discuss in more detail in this article. Table of Contents [ Show] Artist Abstract: Who Was Caspar David Friedrich? Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (German: Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer), also known as Wanderer above the Mist or Mountaineer in a Misty Landscape, is an oil painting c. 1818 by the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich. It has been considered one of the masterpieces of Romanticism and one of its most representative works. 98.40 Length (cm): 74.80 Medium: Oil Support: Canvas Subject: Landscapes Art Movement: Romanticism Created by: Caspar David Friedrich Current Location: Hamburg, Germany Displayed at: Hamburger Kunsthalle Owner: Hamburger Kunsthalle Wanderer above the Sea of Fog Page's Content Story / Theme Analysis Related Paintings Artist Art Period Bibliography
FRAMED Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog 1818 by Caspar David Friedrich
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, or Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer, to give it it's original German title, is the most famous painting from the career of German Romanticist painter, Caspar David Friedrich. It was finished in 1818 and now resides at the Kunsthalle Hamburg in Hamburg, Germany. 539 118 In this post, I take a closer look at Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich. It is an iconic work of Romanticism that features a man standing on the edge of the rocky terrain, looking out over the foggy landscape. I cover: Key Facts and Ideas Color and Light Composition Edges Key Takeaways Want to Learn More? Dutch Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (De wandelaar boven de nevelen) van Caspar David Friedrich, ca. 1818 Polish Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (c. 1818). 94.8 × 74.8 cm, Kunsthalle Hamburg In Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, Friedrich conveys the majesty of an untouched landscape. The vast scene unfolds in foggy atmospheric perspective, receding in hazy layers. Friedrich does not frame the composition with typical pictorial devices such as tree branches; instead, he leaves the picture plane open with a distant focal point.
Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog Caspar David Friedrich, Ivan Cruz, Figure
The wanderer above the sea of fog Caspar David Friedrich, 1818 98 cm 74 cm The wanderer above the sea of fog is a Romantic Oil on Canvas Painting created by Caspar David Friedrich in 1818. It lives at the Kunsthalle Hamburg in Germany. The image is in the Public Domain, and tagged Seascapes. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Caspar David Friedrich, by Christian Gottlieb Kuhn (1807), Albertinum, Dresden Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (1818), Kunsthalle Hamburg Caspar David Friedrich (5 September 1774 - 7 May 1840) was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation.
Description: Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, by Caspar David Friedrich depicts a man standing on a rocky cliff face looking out over a landscape obscured by fog. It was painted in 1818 and is representative of Romantic era artwork. The Wanderer ( further analyzed in the Nerdwriter video just below) presents a Weltanschauung in which "landscape was a representation of a divine world order, and man was an individual who watches, contemplates, and feels much more than he calculates and thinks."
Wanderer above the sea of fog after Friedrich Luke Oram
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog. It is probably the best-known painting of German Romanticism: The "Wanderer over the Sea of Fog", created around 1818 by Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840). The work shows a well-to-do hiker with a frock coat and walking stick standing on a rock in contemplation of a landscape of partly bizarrely shaped mountain. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (c. 1818) by Caspar David Friedrich.Oil on canvas. 94.8 × 74.8 cm. Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany. Image source Wikimedia Commons. A man stands on top of a.
