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Artist:
Caspar David Friedrich
[German painter, 1774-1840]
Title: The Wanderer above the Mists
Date: 1817-18
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: 37 x 29 inches (95 x 75 cm)
Location: Kunsthalle, Hamburg
Image size: 1100 x 1399 pixels, 169 Kbytes
Image source: Web Gallery of Art |
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This is one of the great works of German Romanticism. While one would expect a serene treatment of this misty mountain wilderness, instead the painting is bristling with energy. The presence of the observer in the landscape changes everything.
A giclée print of this poster is available at AllPosters.
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