“The painter should paint not only what he has in front of him, but also what he sees inside himself.” (Caspar David Friedrich) Created in the year of 1818 during the romantic period we had an artist of the name Caspar David Friedrich. His most famous work was the Wanderer above the Sea of Fog. Not only is it a beautiful landscape, he drew himself looking at fog and water. It includes self-expression, beauty and great detail. What I like most about this artwork is that it invites you to look at things in his perspective. This also makes you think and wonder as well. Even though his back is facing us, we still continue to look at what he is viewing and look at him as well. We can see what he sees and we can almost feel how he feels and what he wants us
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Born in Swedish Pomerania, Friedrich’s darkly enchanting, mystical work was viewed as a shocking breakthrough, bordering on expressionistic confrontation that remains strikingly relevant now.” This landscape was created on a canvas with oil and vertical orientated. His use of light and color is very different, it makes the art look smooth and soft, creating a beautiful sky and dark rough rock that he stand on. The use of colors and the tone look so perfect. What I love most about this artist is he is known as one of the best in the romanticism time period. It is sad to say but he did experience a lot of tragedies. He lost his mother at a young age, as well as his sisters soon after. Then had an experience almost watching his brother die because of him. I cannot help but feel as if his pain and what he went though had a big influence on his thoughts, views and paintings. I wonder if he wanted us to know some of his hurt as well as what he believe in. The painting is way deeper than just a landscape. He made it onto a self-portrait and gave the artwork
Born in Swedish Pomerania, Friedrich’s darkly enchanting, mystical work was viewed as a shocking breakthrough, bordering on expressionistic confrontation that remains strikingly relevant now.” This landscape was created on a canvas with oil and vertical orientated. His use of light and color is very different, it makes the art look smooth and soft, creating a beautiful sky and dark rough rock that he stand on. The use of colors and the tone look so perfect. What I love most about this artist is he is known as one of the best in the romanticism time period. It is sad to say but he did experience a lot of tragedies. He lost his mother at a young age, as well as his sisters soon after. Then had an experience almost watching his brother die because of him. I cannot help but feel as if his pain and what he went though had a big influence on his thoughts, views and paintings. I wonder if he wanted us to know some of his hurt as well as what he believe in. The painting is way deeper than just a landscape. He made it onto a self-portrait and gave the artwork