Caspar David Friedrich arrives in New York at a time when the environment is on everyone’s agendas. ... his sister. The Dresden skyline, marked by cathedral spires, can be seen in the distance.

Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, (ca. 1817). Hamburger Kunsthalle, on permanent loan from the Stiftung Hamburger Kunstsammlungen. Photo: Elke Walford.

Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature Feb. 8 to May 11, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan; 212-535-7710, metmuseum.org.

Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature The Met Fifth Avenue, through May 11 Ms. Lewis, who taught art history for many ...

One of Georg Friedrich Kersting’s portraits of the artist, 1811’s Caspar David Friedrich in His Studio, gives us Friedrich alone, seated at an easel, rendering a waterfall on the canvas.

Yet things change: Friedrich has since been adopted as a poster boy by the environmentally minded. To quote historian and scholar Stephanie O’Rourke, Friedrich’s vision is of “a natural world that has ...

Though Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog may be a familiar image, the painting has never found its way over the Atlantic until now.

(Public domain/via Wikimedia) Right: Caspar David Friedrich, Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, c. 1817, oil on canvas. (Photo courtesy of the MET) Share 401 Comments Listen. By Brian T. Allen.

“Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature,” a major retrospective of the German romantic at the Met, speaks of a world out of joint. Accessibility statement Skip to main content.

"The Soul of Nature" is the first thorough survey of Caspar David Friedrich's career to be staged in the United States, and is currently on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through May 11.

The exhibition “Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature” will run at the Metropolitan Museum of Art through May 11. After a long day of hiking, you’ve finally reached the top of the mountain.