Caspar David Friedrich 1774-1840) was the most important painter of German Romanticism, today he is one of the most famous artists in the world. This documentary sheds new light on Friedrich's work, ...

Although Caspar David Friedrich is today thought of as a painter of oil on canvas, he returned continually throughout his life to paper and ink, making sepia-toned works of precise penwork that treat ...

David Hogg, gun control advocate and survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School tragedy, had his election to DNC vice chair voided on Monday. (Dominic Gwinn/Middle East Images/AFP via ...

Though Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog may be a familiar image, the painting has never found its way over the Atlantic until now.

"The Soul of Nature" is the first thorough survey of Caspar David Friedrich's career to be staged in the United States, and is currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through May 11.

“Two Men Contemplating the Moon” (c. 1825-30), by Caspar David Friedrich (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) I went to the Met to take in the landscapes. I didn’t expect to find an old friend.

It happened to Rembrandt, and it happened to Caspar David Friedrich. Towards the end of his career, Germany’s greatest painter of the Romantic era found he had become unfashionable. Too gloomy ...

The exhibition “Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature” will run at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through May 11. After a long day of hiking, you’ve finally reached the top of the mountain.

Caspar David Friedrich, “Two Men Contemplating the Moon” (1825–30) (image courtesy the Metropolitan Museum of Art) Caspar David Friedrich, “Monk by the Sea” (1808–10) (photo Hakim ...

Behind "Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature" is the tale of German Romanticism in the Age of Napoleon. Caspar David Friedrich, Monk by the Sea (1808-1810). Photo: Andres Kilger. Courtesy of ...

You can experience “Moonrise by the Sea” in real life in “Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature,” on view through May 11, 2025 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

In The Magic of Silence: Caspar David Friedrich’s Journey Through Time (Polity, $25/£20, 220 pages), the art historian Florian Illies sets out to capture this shifting picture.