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May 6 2011
Gothic Cathedral with Imperial Palace
German / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Romanticism - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Gotische Kirche auf einem Felsen am Meer” by Karl Friedrich Schinkel of 1815. This is a fine example of the work of this leading architect of German neoclassicism. He was thirty-four when he created this painting having earned his living for ten years as a painter in Berlin. After viewing the work of Caspar David Friedrich he devoted himself to architecture and became a leading proponent of Greek Revivalism. He died on October 9, 1841 in Berlin. The original of this masterpiece is in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin and is 140 cm wide and 94 cm high.
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Apr 8 2011
Klosterruine Eldena, David Caspar Friedrich, 1825
German / Inspirational prints / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Romanticism - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Eldena Monastary Ruins” of 1825 by David Caspar Friedrich. This masterpiece was produced by the German master when he was forty-nine years old. It vividly shows the Romanticism which characterized this most influential German artist of his generation. His bias against Classicism expressed itself in a symbolic representation of Nature and its wonders. He sought to encourage a sense of contemplative awe of the Natural which would lead the participant into a spiritual awareness of the universe. The artist died in 1840. The original painting is 49 cm wide and 35 cm high and is in the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
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Apr 2 2011
Two Men Contemplating the Moon, Caspar David Friedrich, 1830
German / Inspirational prints / Paintings (Reproductions) / Romanticism - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “Zwei Manner in Betrachtung des Mondes” of 1830 by Caspar David Friedrich. This oil on canvas is part of the revolution Friedrich started in the art world, the movement known as Romanticism. He was fifty-six years old when this was painted. The artist is the figure on the right and is accompanied by his younger colleague August Heinrich. They are both in older styled dress which was a mode of expressing disapproval of the conservative policies in effect in Post-Napoleonic Germany. The original work is 43.8 cm by 34.9 cm and is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
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Mar 7 2011
View of the Flower of Greece, 1836 by August Julius Ahiborn
Academician / German / Greco-Roman / Landscape / Neoclassical / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of “View of the Flower of Greece” of 1836 by August Julius Ahiborn. This painting by Ahiborn is a copy of the original by Karl Friedrich Schinkel which has been lost. This painting shows ancient Greek workmen constructing a temple capturing when the last block of its frieze is being heaved into place. The Greek inscription quotes Aristotle’s hymn to the virtues of battle. The original painting is 92.5 inches wide and 37 inches high. This masterpiece is in the Alte Nationalgalerie, staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
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Jan 11 2011
Lions, 1885, Paul Friedrich Meyerheim
Academician / German / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This is a reproduction of Paul Friedrich Meyerheim’s Lions of 1885. The German artist was born in 1842 Berlin and studied under his father Friedrich Eduard He entered the Berlin Academy in 1857 and, leaving three years later, he traveled to the Low Countries and Paris. His most prominent works were depictions of lions, human portraits and humorous scenes. He returned to the Berlin Academy in 1887 where he taught for many years. He died on September 14, 1915 in Berlin. This painting is in the Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Nov 4 2010
Abbey in the Oakwood, Caspar David Friedrich, 1809
German / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
This German Romantic masterpiece was painted by Caspar David Friedrich. The painting is typical of Friedrich’s work in his feeling of loneliness which earned him the epithet, “the taciturn man from the North”. He began the work at the age of thirty-four years. The depressed and profound aspect of the artist’s personality manifests itself in this dramatic work. It is currently housed in the Nationalgalerie, Staalichte Museen zu Berlin.
Oct 30 2010
Landscape with Solitary Tree by Caspar David Friedrich, 1822
German / Inspirational prints / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) - 1 year ago - troycapc
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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