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Caspar David Friedrich

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Twilight cemetery with crosses, gravestones, angel statues and a bare birch tree beside a walled gateway under a pale sky.

Kügelgen's grave

1821

Snowy winter landscape at dusk with fir trees, a red crucifix, a kneeling figure and a distant Gothic church in mist.

Winter Landscape

1811

Snowy landscape with fir trees, a wooden cross and rocks in the foreground, and gothic church spires in misty distance at dus

Winter Landscape with a Church

1811

Landscape with a rainbow over rolling fields, a man on a ridge at right, sheep and a cottage in the valley.

Landscape On Rügen With Rainbow

1809

Watercolor of ruined brick monastery with Gothic arches, a broken tower, and a muddy path through grass under a cloudy sky.

Ruins of the monastery Eldena

1824

Watercolor of white chalk cliffs framing a deep blue sea with sailing ships, green trees and grass in the foreground.

Chalk Cliffs at Ruegen

1825

Watercolor of a man in a blue jacket leaning on a fence, looking over golden fields toward hazy blue mountains and farmhouses

View of Schmiedebergerkamm

1820

Watercolor of a ruined brick Gothic church with arched windows, shrubs and trees on sandy ground under a pale sky.

The Ruins of Eldena

1825

Watercolor of a town square with gabled houses, a church tower, strolling figures, and a horse-drawn cart.

The Marketplace in Greifswald

1818

Painting of a glowing golden cross among spruce trees in a rocky mountain gorge with a stream in the foreground.

Cross in the Mountains

1812

Moonlit evening view through a vine-covered pergola past an iron gate toward a distant city with spires and ships.

Picture in Remembrance of Johann Emanuel Bremer

1817

Two figures seen from behind at a stone window framed by ivy, looking toward an evening sky with a crescent moon.

Abendstunde

1818

Moonlit sea with jagged rock reefs rising from calm water, framed by dark hills under a cloudy night sky.

Reefs by the Seashore

1824

Winter graveyard with snow, wooden grave markers, an iron cross, a stone gateway and a spade beside an open grave.

Graveyard under Snow

1826

Wooden cross silhouetted on rocks among dark spruce trees against a glowing yellow sunset sky.

Cross in the mountains

1815

Painting of a glowing Gothic church spire above clouds, with two robed women raising their arms on the grass below.

Vision of the Christian Church

1820

Painted study of a dusk sky with dark clouds, golden light streaks, and a dark treeline along the bottom edge.

Nightly cloudy sky

1824

Painting of a tree-topped green hill above a ploughed field with crows, city spires and domes faint on the horizon at dusk.

Hill and Ploughed Field near Dresden

1824

Moonlit sea with two sailboats and rocky shore beneath a dark cloudy sky, by Caspar David Friedrich.

Sea Shore in Moonlight

1835

Dark interior with an arched stone doorway, open wooden door and steps, revealing a sunlit garden beyond.

Doorway in Meissen

1827

Misty layered mountains rise above a valley with dark pine trees on brown slopes in pale, hazy light.

Mountains in the Rising Fog

1835

Painting of two wolves feeding on bones near a dark cave in a forest with large trees and a rocky slope.

Wolves in the forest in front of a cave

1798

Painting of a bare oak tree in snowy winter landscape with pink clouds and a broken stump in the foreground.

The Oaktree in the Snow

1829

Painting of layered mountains in pale haze above a valley with fields, a church spire, and a farmer with a cart.

Giant Mountains (View of the Small Sturmhaube from Warmbrunn)

1810

Three harvest workers rest among haystacks before a ruined castle and sea under a yellow evening sky.

Rest during the hay harvest

1834

Painting of a bare autumn forest with fallen trunks and branches reflected in still water, in brown tones.

Forest in late autumn (Forest water, autumn forest)

1835

Painting of a rocky valley with sunlit cliffs, tall spruce and pine trees, and boulders over a grassy slope.

Rocky Valley

1813

Painting of a calm harbour at dusk with moored ships, tall masts and a small rowboat under a yellow sky.

View of a harbour

1814

Rolling green hills with trees and a flagpole overlook a calm sea with sailboats under a pale, streaked sky.

View of the Baltic Sea

1820

Painting of three masted ships anchored on flat marshland under a moonlit, streaky blue sky with wooden posts in the foregrou

Ships at Anchor

1820

Misty mountain valleys receding under a pale sky, with a bare tree and rocky slope in the foreground.

Giant Mountains Landscape with Rising Fog

1819

Flat countryside with thatched cottages, trees, a white windmill and streaked clouds over green fields.

Flat Countryside (Isle of Ruegen near Greifswald)

1822