Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840)
Author of The Romantic Vision of Caspar David Friedrich: Paintings and Drawings from the U.S.S.R.
About the Author
Image credit: By Gerhard von Kügelgen, Portrait of Caspar David Friedrich (c. 1810–20)
Series
Works by Caspar David Friedrich
The Romantic Vision of Caspar David Friedrich: Paintings and Drawings from the U.S.S.R. (1990) 73 copies
Caspar David Friedrich: German Master of the Romantic Landscape--His Life in Paintings (1985) 39 copies
L'opera completa di Friedrich 5 copies
Caspar David Friedrich 1774-1880. Kunst um 1800. Hamburger Kunsthalle 14.September bis 3.November 1974. (1974) 5 copies
Pinturas y dibujos 1 copy
Jahreszeiten 1 copy
Friedrich 1 copy
Der Mönch ist zurück die Restaurierung von Caspar David Friedrichs Mönch am Meer und Abtei im Eichwald =… (2016) 1 copy
Bekenntnisse im Wort 1 copy
Fridrich 1 copy
Associated Works
Selected Poetry of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Penguin Classics) (1999) — Cover artist, some editions — 169 copies
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Zombie Jim: Mark Twain's Classic with Crazy Zombie Goodness (1600) — some editions — 92 copies
A joy forever : de mooiste liefdesgedichten uit de wereldliteratuur (2008) — Cover artist, some editions — 26 copies
Deutsche Erzaehler: Zweiter Band Ausgewahlt und Eingeleitet von Marie Luise Kaschnitz (Vol. 2) (1980) — Cover artist, some editions — 25 copies
Neoclassicism and Romanticism, 1750-1850: Sources and Documents (Sources & Documents in History of Art), Volume 2… (1970) — Contributor — 18 copies
Schubert: 'Wanderer' Fantasy, d. 760 / Schumann: Fantasie in C, Op. 17 (1992) — cover artist, some editions — 10 copies
Charakteristiken - Die Romantiker in Selbstzeugnissen und Äusserungen ihrer Zeitgenossen — Contributor — 3 copies
Dichtung der Romantik Zweiter Band - Erzählungen II (Irdische und himmlische Statt) — Illustrator — 2 copies
Dichtung der Romantik Sechster Band - Romane II (Franz Sternbalds Wanderungen - Nachtwachen von Bonaventura) — Illustrator — 2 copies
Three funeral odes + From the cradle to the grave + Two episodes from Lenau's Faust [sound recording] (2011) — Cover artist, some editions — 2 copies
Die Buchgemeinde - Monatsheftefür Literatur, Kunst und Wissenschaft Jahrgang 1927/28 — Illustrator — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1774-09-05
- Date of death
- 1840-05-07
- Burial location
- Trinitatisfriedhof, Dresden, Germany
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Greifswald, Germany
- Place of death
- Dresden, Germany
- Places of residence
- Dresden, Germany
- Education
- University of Greifswald
Academy of Copenhagen - Occupations
- Painter
- Relationships
- Bommer, Caroline (wife)
Members
Reviews
Caspar David Friedrich - Paintings & Drawings… by Caspar David Friedrich
The works of German Romantic landscape painter Caspar David Friedrich (5 September 1774 – 7 May 1840). This is the digital edition of Book XXVI in The Zedign Art Series of monographs of the masters, published by The Zedign House. A dedicated webpage of Friedrich's book and artworks is maintained at https://books.zedign.com/zas/26.html
Being a catalog of an exhibition of German Romantic landscape painter Friedrich which consists of holdings of Russian museums of his drawings and paintings. The choice is not as abstruse as it might seem, as the Russian royal family was his main patron. Friedrich's mystical approach to landscape, which turned rather gloomy as his health declined in his last years, contains a sublimity which is difficult to describe, though the two essayists who begin the book make a good stab at it. Appended are an exhaustive chronology, table of exhibitions, and bibliography. The quality of the reproductions and captions are very good, though odd in that the first reproduction one sees is sometimes a detail which leaves out some of the points the caption is attempting to make. Though not definitive, the book is an enjoyable and necessary book for the Friedrich enthusiast.… (more)
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- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.4
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- ISBNs
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