Caspar David Friedrich
- 1774–1840
- 19th century
- Germany
- Romanticism
Friedrich paints solitary figures gazing into vast, silent landscapes — misty mountains, moonlit seas, lone trees. Look for a contemplative, spiritual stillness and tiny humans dwarfed by sublime nature.
Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) was a painter from Germany, associated with Romanticism.
Late-18th to 19th century — emotion, untamed nature, and the sublime valued over reason and order. Romanticism →
More Romanticism painters: Francisco Goya, Eugène Delacroix, J.M.W. Turner, William Blake.
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