Caspar David Friedrich

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Caspar David Friedrich

• By Cameron Kelson

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His Birth

• Caspar Friedrich was born at Griefswald, Germany
  on September 5, 1774
• He started painting at a drawing academy from
  1794 until 1798

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His First Paintings

• Caspars first important painting was named
  Crucifix in Mountain Scenery which he did in
  1807
• It became an altarpiece for the castle of Graf
  Thun soon after

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He Also Painted...

• Graveyard in the Snow in 1810
• Two Men Contemplating the Moon in 1819
• Alpine Scenery in 1828
• Rest in a Hayfield in 1835

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I have to stay alone in order to fully
contemplate and feel nature Caspar David
Friedrich

• Caspar loved to paint about nature and would
  prefer to be alone while he was working
• He eventually died in 1840
• He will always be remembered as one of the
  greatest romantic artists that ever lived

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References Encyclopedia Briticanna Book 9
Page 935 http//www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/fr
iedrich/