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Caspar David Friedrich

[German Romantic Painter, 1774-1840]

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Many of his pictures, as one learns to read them, offer views into the distance that are also paths through life.
- Lawrence Gowing, Paintings in the Louvre

 


 
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Original works by Caspar David Friedrich available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
 
 
Paintings in Museums and Public Art Galleries:
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
13 works by Friedrich

Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Moonrise, sepia wash, 1835-37

J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
A Walk at Dusk, 1830

Caspar David Friedrich at the Louvre Museum, Paris
Allegory of Profane Music, black chalk drawing, ca.1826-30

Caspar David Friedrich in the Louvre Museum Database, Paris (only available in French)
2 paintings

Caspar David Friedrich at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City  
Two Men Contemplating the Moon, ca.1830

Caspar David Friedrich at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City  
Moonwatchers: Paintings by Caspar David Friedrich and others from a 2001 exhibition

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston  

Caspar David Friedrich at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Moonrise on an Empty Shore, 1837-39

National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa  
On the Sailboat

Caspar David Friedrich at the National Gallery, London, UK
Winter Landscape

Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany

Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Woman with a cobweb between leafless trees (Melancholy)

Dresden State Art Collections

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Joconde Database of French Museum Collections (in French)  

Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
A Mountain Peak with Drifting Clouds

Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig (in German)  

Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig (in German)  

Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
Cross in the Mountains

Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna   NEW!
3 paintings online

Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany (in German)   NEW!  

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (in German)  

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (in German)  

State Museums of Berlin   NEW!
The Lone Tree, 1822

State Museums of Berlin   NEW!
Woman at the Window, 1822

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid

Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany (mostly in German)   NEW!  

Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne, Germany (mostly in German)   NEW!  
Flussufer im Nebel, 1820/25

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Pictures from Image Archives:
Caspar David Friedrich in the Art Renewal Center

Caspar David Friedrich in the Artchive  

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Masterscan feature: The Stages of Life (Die Lebensstufen)

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Masterscan feature: The Wanderer above the Mists

Artonline

CGFA  

The Athenaeum  

Web Gallery of Art  

WebMuseum  

Wikimedia Commons Image Database  

ArtMagick
Image list is in the column at the right of the page

Artyst, Peintures du Monde (in French)  

Artyzm

Bildindex der Kunst und Architektur (in German)  

Brian Yoder's Art Gallery and Critic's Corner

Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)  

El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word) (in Spanish)  

Humanities Web  

ImageNETion

The Art Canvas
(This site is dead, but can be visited via the Internet Wayback Machine)
Woman in Morning Light, 1818

USC Annenberg School for Communication

 
Web Sites About the Artist:
Caspar David Friedrich

Caspar David Friedrich Foundation (in German)  

 
Other Web Sites:
Artdreamguide (in Italian)  
Biographical information and a guide to the museums owning important collections of the artist's work. Plus many examples of Friedrich's works.

Blue.fr (in French)  

Jacques-Edouard Berger Foundation

Lost Art Internet Database, Germany
Sail study, drawing

Mistica info (in Italian)   NEW!  
Quercia nella neve, 1820

 
Articles:
Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Caspar David Friedrich
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 75-word preview only. Troubleshooting

Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia

  
Caspar David Friedrich: Couple Gazing at the Moon





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The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, 1818
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Caspar David Friedrich: Tree with Crows
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Woman at dawn
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On Board a Sailing Ship, 1819
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Caspar David Friedrich: Chalk Cliffs of Rugen
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The Stages of Life
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