Two Men Contemplating the Moon
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Caspar David Friedrich
Prussian1774–1840Romanticism
About
Caspar David Friedrich was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often symbolic, and anti-classical work, conveys a subjective, emotional response to the natural world. Friedrich's paintings often set contemplative human figures silhouetted against night skies, morning mists, barren trees or Gothic ruins. Art historian Christopher John Murray described their presence, in diminished perspective, amid expansive landscapes, as reducing the figures to a scale that directs "the viewer's gaze towards their metaphysical dimension".
Notable works
Churchyard gate
at Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Two men by the sea
at Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Coffin at the edge of a grave
at Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Étude d'atelier pour Sur le voilier
at National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Sketchbook
at National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Steinstudien
at National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Bauernhaus mit Schilfdach
at National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Frau beim Wäscheaufhängen vor einer Kapelle
at National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Küstenlandschaft mit Kirche
at National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Works in the collection
173 works
Two Men Contemplating the Moon
at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Churchyard gate
at Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Two men by the sea
at Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Coffin at the edge of a grave
at Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Étude d'atelier pour Sur le voilier
at National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Sketchbook
at National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Steinstudien
at National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Bauernhaus mit Schilfdach
at National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Frau beim Wäscheaufhängen vor einer Kapelle
at National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Küstenlandschaft mit Kirche
at National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
More by Caspar David Friedrich in institutions
National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
Oslo, Norway
Hamburger Kunsthalle
Hamburg-Mitte, Germany
Alte Nationalgalerie
Bezirk Mitte, Germany
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
Khamovniki District, Russia
Wallraf–Richartz Museum
Altstadt-Nord, Germany
Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden
Dresden, Germany
Statens Museum for Kunst
Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe, Germany
Herzog Anton Ulrich Museum
Brunswick, Germany
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum
Madrid, Spain
Louvre Museum
Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, France
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C., United States
Kunsthalle Bremen
Mitte, Germany
National Gallery Prague
Czech Republic
National Museum in Warsaw
Śródmieście, Poland
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manhattan, United States
Städel Museum
Frankfurt, Germany
Kimbell Art Museum
Fort Worth, United States
Saint Louis Art Museum
St. Louis, United States
Galerie Neue Meister
Dresden, Germany
J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
