The German artist, born 250 years ago, and his most famous painting The Wanderer above the Sea of Fog reveal the dangers of heroic politics. By Peter E Gordon This year marks the 250th anniversary of ...

You have probably seen the 19th-century artist’s most famous painting, Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, a lone figure that you see from the back looking out over a wide valley of cliffs and mists.

Already, on a huge poster adorning of the Metropolitan Museum of Art facade, our crestfallen hero has cast his gaze away from Fifth Avenue. Image Friedrich’s “ Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog ...

The painting by Friedrich that I discovered as a student decades ago, “Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog,” isn’t included in this exhibition. But its absence is more than compensated for by ...

This painting, ‘Wanderer above the Sea of Fog’ (1818) 94.8 × 74.8 cm, is the best example of the artist’s work. Art historian, John Lewis Gaddis, writes in his book, The Landscape of ...

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper ... and featuring his best-known work, “Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog” (around 1817). Berlin’s Alte ...

(CNN) — When Caspar David Friedrich died in poverty in 1840, he was almost forgotten by the contemporary art world ... best-known work, “Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog” (around 1817).