Behind "Caspar David ... of Friedrich works I didn’t previously know in “The Soul of Nature”—but I also come away thinking that there is a reason that Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog is ...

Caspar David Friedrich, “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” (c. 1817) (photo by Elke Walford, courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art) Are we having a Romantic moment? As reactionary winds lash ...

Caspar David Friedrich’s “Moonrise by the Sea ... Perhaps we find catharsis in the power of crashing waves or inspiration in the courage of sailors heading out to sea.

We are the hiker atop a lonely peak. Caspar David Friedrich’s ‘Woman Before the Setting Sun’ (1818) The man in “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” (c1817) sports a green velvet suit and ...

You know the work of Caspar David ... Friedrich’s moody Two Men Contemplating the Moon inspired Waiting for Godot. The influence of the 1817 existential masterpiece Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog ...

Dozens of works will be on view for the next two months at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s magnificent “Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature” exhibit.

This year marks the 250th anniversary of Caspar David Friedrich's birth ... Nature was an inspiration for him, not a template. He combined his impressions into invented landscapes from his ...