Caspar David Friedrich, Monk by the Sea (1808-1810). Photo: Andres Kilger. Courtesy of Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Strung between these hits are a variety of landscapes ...

The 250th anniversary of the birth of the German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich ... highlight the following galleries. Friedrich’s celebrated “Monk by the Sea” (1808-10), depicting ...

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.

Caspar David Friedrich, “Monk by the Sea” (1808–10) (photo Hakim Bishara/Hyperallergic) Perhaps Friedrich’s Rückenfiguren (figures depicted from behind) can transport you into the awe ...

Caspar David Friedrich’s ‘Woman Before the Setting ... The ultimate fusion of human yearning and nature’s mystery occurs in “Monk by the Sea” (1808-10). A robed figure stands between ...

Caspar David Friedrich’s “Moonrise by the Sea” (1822) is one of those paintings that stay with you your whole life. It has all the requisite ingredients and then some: surreal beauty ...

One of the most beautiful paintings in the Caspar David Friedrich show ... been replaced with the selfie. Friedrich’s most famous painting, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, painted in 1817 ...