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Wreck in the Sea of Ice by Caspar David Friedrich

Wreck in the Sea of Ice

Caspar David Friedrich · 1798

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Artist
Caspar David Friedrich
Date
1798
Location
Hamburger Kunsthalle
ART MOVEMENTS
Romanticism
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Caspar David Friedrich

1774–1840 · Kingdom of Prussia

He painted lone figures dwarfed by vast landscapes, turning nature into a metaphysical meditation on the sublime.

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