Celebrate Caspar David Friedrich’s birthday with today’s Featured Artwork of the Day. This painting is the third version of one of Friedrich’s most famous compositions. The two figures in the painting are seen from behind so that the viewer may participate in their communion with nature. Read online or download a PDF of the out-of-print Met publication “Caspar David Friedrich: Moonwatchers” to learn more about the painting. http://bit.ly/2auQD6i
British Museum
Caspar David Friedrich was born #onthisday in 1774. This woodcut by the German artist is part of a series of compositions showing scenes of mourning http://ow.ly/B8PSg
"I am not so weak as to submit to the demands of the age when they go against my convictions. I spin a cocoon around myself; let others do the same. I shall leave it to time to show what will come of it: a brilliant butterfly or maggot."[85]
—Caspar David Friedrich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_David_Friedrich
Caspar David Friedrich was born #onthisday in 1774. Here's a woodcut by the German artist http://ow.ly/B8PSg
Winter Landscape by Caspar David Friedrich (1811)
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