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Caspar David Friedrich
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The_life_stages_(beach_picture,_beach_scene_in_Wiek
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Date_c._1835(1835)
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Medium_oil_on_canvas
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Dimensions_72.5_X_94_cm_(28.5_X_37_in)
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The life stages (beach picture, beach scene in Wiek
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| Date c. 1835(1835)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 72.5 X 94 cm (28.5 X 37 in)
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1774-1840 Caspar David Friedrich Locations German painter, studied art at Copenhagen, and in 1798 settled in Dresden. Friedrich painted chiefly landscapes and seascapes, with and without figures, architectural pictures, including a few of Dresden, and some religious subjects. Religious feeling and symbolism permeate his œuvre, of which the seascape with figures, Die Lebensstufen, is a characteristic example. He possessed considerable power to convey mood in landscape. Almost forgotten in the 19th c. and early 20th c., interest in his work increased considerably in the mid-20th c. He is hardly represented in Britain, but an exhibition of 112 of his pictures at the Tate Gallery in 1972 attracted much attention. F. G. Kersting was a friend of Friedrich.
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