Caspar David Friedrich
Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)
The 250th anniversary of the birth of the German Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich has been marked by a series of exhibitions across Europe, with the first full retrospective in the United States opening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in February 2025
From the archive | Book review: How Caspar David Friedrich's star rose in the age of post-modernism
A magnificent visual record of the work of the German artist, who was virtually unknown before the 1960s, is matched by its scholarly text
The Big Review: Caspar David Friedrich at the Hamburger Kunsthalle ★★★★★
This curatorial triumph highlights the measured artificiality of the German Romantic artist who made work that still mesmerises
From the archive | Caspar David Friedrich, the universal Romantic artist
The publication of a new monograph on Caspar David Friedrich neatly coincides with the opening of the National Gallery’s exhibition of 19th-century German paintings on loan from the Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Caspar David Friedrich: his rise from obscurity to fame
Slew of shows this year mark 250th anniversary of German artist who, as a favourite of Hitler, had fallen out of favour
From the archive | Caspar David Friedrich brought into focus in the first reliable catalogue raisonée of his drawings
The catalogue promises to be definitive and demonstrates why Friedrich was one of the most significant draughtsmen of his era
Two publications show how, in Caspar David Friedrich's world, mankind is puny against nature’s power
The German artist's work is pored over in two hefty tomes, one a smart overview, the other a comprehensive guide
What to look out for in 2024: market predictions and must-see exhibitions
From the Venice Biennale to the Harlem Renaissance at the Met
Caspar David Friedrich sketchbook to be sold in Berlin proposed for national heritage list
The auction house, Grisebach, says the sketchbook’s candidacy for the list will not affect plans for today’s sale
From a solitary male retreat to a hive of collective talent: new book surveys how the artist's studio has evolved across the ages
This ambitious and approachable study charts the cultural significance of these spaces, from Ancient Greece to today
Showing contemporary work in historical settings is a risky business—but get it right and the art world swoons
Mixing the new with the old requires care as the Venice Biennale is sure to attest
Spark your wanderlust with a wander through Berlin’s Alte Nationalgalerie
New exhibition looks at how love of travel was a prominent feature of 19th-century German Romanticism
Romanticism show surveys landscapes of northern Europe
First major exhibition of its kind includes Turner and Friedrich as well as less familiar “Romantics”