The 250th anniversary of the birth of the German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) is commemorated in a superb new show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Comprising some 75 ...

Dozens of works will be on view for the next two months at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s magnificent “Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature” exhibit.

In 1794, Friedrich attended the art academy in Copenhagen, where he first encountered the nature mysticism that would so strongly influence his artwork. His first oil painting was provocative ...