Landscape with Solitary Tree by Caspar David Friedrich of 1822

This is a reproduction of Caspar David Friedrich’s “Landscape with Solitary Tree” of 1822. This work represents the quintessence of the German Romantic movement in its concentration on landscapes. This particular artist attempts to lend a poetic nature to his images. His use of trees are symbolic of the strength of the German people in their eternal search for freedom. The artist died in 1840 at the age of sixty-six years and this work is currently housed in the Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.

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