Caspar David Friedrich was the sixth child of Greifswald ... The eye follows sailing ships gliding toward the horizon. A number of works by Friedrich have been lost over the years.

Much as I'm embarrassed to admit it, I love Caspar David Friedrich's paintings ... The work is most shocking for what it doesn't represent: ships navigating the choppy waters.

(New York, NY – February 3, 2025) – The Metropolitan Museum of Art hosted a press preview for Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature, the first major retrospective in the United States ...