Major Berlin show marks 250th anniversary of German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich's birth

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A major show of Caspar David Friedrich’s iconic landscapes that marks the 250th anniversary of his birth is opening in Berlin, where he made his breakthrough and where a 1906 exhibition kicked off an enduring revival of interest in the German Romantic master.

Entertainment A woman looks to Caspa David Friedrich's painting 'The Watzmann' during a press preview of the exhibition 'Caspar David Friedrich. Infinite Landscapes' at the Alte Nationalgalerie museum in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, April 17, 2024.

Although the paintings are based on painstaking drawings, some of which are part of the exhibition, they “are not a reflection of nature, but are actually visions on the great philosophical questions of human existence,” museum director Ralph Gleis said.That wasn't always the case. Friedrich, who was born in Greifswald in northeastern Germany in 1774 and died in 1840, was largely forgotten in the second half of the 19th century.

His work is characterized by an “openness to interpretation” that has repeatedly been exploited, Gleis said, noting that the Nazis “tried to pocket Friedrich.”

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