Caspar David Friedrich

German | 1774 - 1840

Caspar David Friedrich was a German 19th Century painter who was born in 1774.

How much does a Caspar David Friedrich cost?

Caspar David Friedrich's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 13 USD to 3,202,401 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Caspar David Friedrich's most expensive painting?

Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 3,202,401 USD for LANDSCHAFT MIT GEBIRGSEE, MORGEN (LANDSCAPE WITH MOUNTAIN LAKE, MORNING), sold at Sotheby's London in 2018. In the past 12 months, their artworks have averaged 80,995 USD.

Where can I see Caspar David Friedrich's works?

Their work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Getty Center in Los Angeles. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Hamburger Kunsthalle have featured Caspar David Friedrich's work in the past.

Caspar David Friedrich in the news

Caspar David Friedrich has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Two Coats of Paint in April 2025. The artist died in 1840.

Artist's alternative names: C.D. Friedrich

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Rocky forest landscape ,1809

By Caspar David Friedrich

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Ruins of the Altzella monastery in Nossen near Dresden ,1800

By Caspar David Friedrich

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SONNENBLICK IM RIESENGEBIRGE (SUNBURST IN THE RIESENGEBIRGE)

By Caspar David Friedrich

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White chalk cliffs on the island of M枚en, with a seated man looking at the sea with a telescope - Caspar David Friedrich

White chalk cliffs on the island of Möen, with a seated man looking at the sea with a telescope

By Caspar David Friedrich

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鈥滽arlsruher Skizzenbuch鈥�. - Caspar David Friedrich

鈥滽arlsruher Skizzenbuch鈥�. ,1804

By Caspar David Friedrich

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Rocky forest landscape - Caspar David Friedrich

Rocky forest landscape ,1809

By Caspar David Friedrich

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View over the Wolfsgraben - Caspar David Friedrich

View over the Wolfsgraben ,1813

By Caspar David Friedrich

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Ruins of the Altzella monastery in Nossen near Dresden - Caspar David Friedrich

Ruins of the Altzella monastery in Nossen near Dresden ,1800

By Caspar David Friedrich

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Uferlandschaft auf der Insel Vilm - Caspar David Friedrich

Uferlandschaft auf der Insel Vilm ,1932

By Caspar David Friedrich

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Caspar David Friedrich ,1980

By Caspar David Friedrich

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Aus: Kleist, Brentano, Arnim: Caspar David Friedrich Seelandschaft mit Kapuziner - Caspar David Friedrich

Aus: Kleist, Brentano, Arnim: Caspar David Friedrich Seelandschaft mit Kapuziner ,1972

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Current Exhibitions

Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Upper East Side | New York | USA

Feb 07,2025 - May 11,2025

A Brush with Nature: Romantic Landscape Drawings

Getty Center

Los Angeles | California | USA

Feb 18,2025 - May 25,2025

Sea of Ice: Echoes of the European Romantic Era

Santa Barbara Museum of Art (SBMA)

Santa Barbara | California | USA

Feb 02,2025 - Aug 24,2025

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Articles

Two Coats of Paint 03/04/2025

鈥淭he Soul of Nature鈥� at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of many exhibitions dedicated to German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich (1774鈥�1840) on the 250th anniversary of his death.

Apollo 31/03/2025

Although Caspar David Friedrich is today thought of as a painter of oil on canvas, he returned continually throughout his life to paper and ink, making sepia-toned works of precise penwork that treat delicately his great subject, the natural landscape of his native Germany.

Tussle Magazine 27/03/2025

Contemporary artist Anselm Kiefer publicly, and illegally performs Nazi salutes in each of his Occupations (1969) performances against various German backdrops.

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Kunstgewerbemuseum, Museum of Decorative Arts

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Praz-Delavallade, Paris

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Praz-Delavallade, Paris

鈥� ..Her work has been known for its penetrating metaphorical exploration of such dark themes as the apocalypse, evolution, mass disaster and extinction... 鈥�
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Praz-Delavallade, Paris