Surely you have seen him. He’s a sturdy blond man in a sharp blue suit, standing at the edge of the world. Perched atop a ...

"The Soul of Nature" is the first thorough survey of Caspar David Friedrich's career to be staged in the United States, and ...

“Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog” (c. 1817) by Caspar David Friedrich (Hamburger Kunsthalle) But the “Wanderer” can be a little misleading. Most of Friedrich’s work is not interested in a ...

Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) is probably the most notable of the 19th century German Romantic artists (even if you’re ...

The end of winter in New York sometimes feels rife with melancholy. A few spring days taunt with the warmth and new life to ...

Spring has sprung in New York City, and with it a museum scene that's in full bloom. It's not just a sturdy, vivid rotation ...

Fog will roll through valleys in the mornings ... Perhaps more appropriate is the words of Caspar David Friedrich, whose landscape paintings are the focus of a recent Met exhibit.