
Caspar David Friedrich
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Caspar David Friedrich, 1821
A landscape painted in 1821, devoted to the stillness of noon. It forms part of Friedrich's cycle of the times of day.
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Painted in 1821, this oil on canvas is titled The Midday and belongs to Caspar David Friedrich's Daytime cycle, a group of works built around the passing hours. Here the subject is noon itself, treated as a landscape. Friedrich was a German Romantic painter, known for landscapes that convey a personal, emotional response to the natural world. The painting is held today at the Landesmuseum Hannover.
On your wall: A calm landscape of this kind suits a study, living room or quiet hallway, where a contemplative scene about the time of day can be lived with.
Public domain. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Text based on Landesmuseum Hannover.
Caspar David Friedrich was a German Romantic landscape painter, widely regarded as the most important German artist of his generation. His work is often symbolic and turns away from classical ideals, expressing a personal, emotional response to nature. He frequently painted contemplative figures set against night skies, morning mists, bare trees or Gothic ruins.
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Printed on canvas and stretched over a 2 cm FSC-certified wooden frame, with the image wrapping around the edges. Framed versions sit in a wooden floater frame in black, natural or dark wood.
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