File:Caspar David Friedrich - Wanderer above the Sea of Fog.jpeg

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Caspar David Friedrich: Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

Artist



Alternative names	German: Caspar David Friedrich
Description	German-Swedish painter, drawer and etcher
Date of birth/death	5 September 1774	7 May 1840
Location of birth/death	Greifswald	Dresden
Work period	Romanticism
Work location	Berlin, Greifswald, Rügen, Dresden (1798)
Authority file	: Q104884 VIAF: 12145857793223021180 ISNI: 0000000108551681 ULAN: 500116242 LCCN: n79059754 NLA: 35104582 WorldCat

Title

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

Object type

painting

Genre

landscape painting

Description

The hiker stands as a back figure in the center of the composition. He looks down on an almost impenetrable sea of fog in the midst of a rocky landscape - a metaphor for life as an ominous journey into the unknown.

Date

circa 1818

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 94.8 cm (37.3 in)

; width: 74.8 cm (29.4 in)

Collection

Hamburger Kunsthalle

	Native name	Hamburger Kunsthalle
	Location	Hamburg, Germany
	Coordinates	53° 33′ 18″ N, 10° 00′ 11″ E
	Established	1869
	Website	www.hamburger-kunsthalle.de
	Authority file	: Q169542 VIAF: 140632142 ISNI: 0000000405650096 ULAN: 500243484 LCCN: n50021971 NLA: 36224839 WorldCat

Accession number

HK-5161 (Hamburger Kunsthalle)

Place of creation

Germany

Object history

1970: in collection of Q133263745

Exhibition history

Wanderlust. From Caspar David Friedrich to Auguste Renoir, Alte Nationalgalerie, 10 May 2018 - 16 September 2018

Notes

The artist himself undertook a hike in the Saxon Switzerland and presumably realized the impression of nature in the picture.

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File:Caspar David Friedrich - Wanderer above the Sea of Fog.jpeg

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