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Mountain Peak with Drifting Clouds, by Caspar David Friedrich, oil, 1835

Mountain Peak with Drifting Clouds

Caspar David Friedrich

1835

oil

canvas

From the collection of Kimbell Art Museum

Dominant colour

Overview

Mountain Peak with Drifting Clouds is a 1835 oil by Caspar David Friedrich, a German Romanticism work, held at Kimbell Art Museum.

Who painted this?
Caspar David Friedrich
When & what style?
1835 · German Romanticism
Where can I see it?
Kimbell Art Museum

About this work

This painting shows a mountain peak in the distance, with a few trees in the foreground. The sky is cloudy and grey, with some blue peeking through. The trees are bare and twisted, and the ground is covered in green grass. The painting has a lot of detail in the trees and the clouds, and the colors are muted and natural. The overall mood of the painting is calm and peaceful. If you like this painting, you might also want to check out the work of artist Caspar David Friedrich.

About the artist

Portrait of Caspar David Friedrich
Artist

Caspar David Friedrich

Caspar David Friedrich (German: ; 5 September 1774 – 7 May 1840) was a German Romantic landscape painter, generally considered the most important German artist of his generation, whose often symbolic, and anti-classical…

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