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Wanderer above the Sea of Fog [a] is a painting by German Romanticist artist Caspar David Friedrich made in 1818. [2] It depicts a man standing upon a rocky precipice with his back to the viewer; he is gazing out on a landscape covered in a thick sea of fog through which other ridges, trees, and mountains pierce, which stretches out into the distance indefinitely.
Considered the patriarch of modern seascape art, his paintings hang in many major collections throughout the globe, including Canada, England, South America, South Africa, Japan, Mexico and Russia, as well as hundreds of American homes. Eugene Garin is an artist who appeals to both the novice collector and the connoisseur.
The painting has been hailed by critic Russell Potter as a key instance of the "Arctic Sublime", and an influence on later nineteenth-century polar paintings. [16] The painting inspired Paul Nash's 1941 work Totes Meer (Dead Sea). [2] [17] It also proved influential upon the arctic landscapes of Lawren Harris. [18]
The Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai created colour prints of the moods of the sea, including The Great Wave off Kanagawa showing the destructive force of the sea at the same time as its ever-changing beauty. [1] The 19th century Romantic artist Ivan Aivazovsky created some 6,000 paintings, the majority of which depict the sea. [28] [29]
The Mont-Saint-Michel Island, depicted in the famous painting of the same name by James Webb in 1857, is a famous tourist destination. Its history dates back to the 8th century. Bishop Aubert ...
East Cowes Castle (painting) Eddystone (1802 ship) Eight Bells (painting) The Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba; Engagement between the United States and the Macedonian; Entrance to a Dutch Port; The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice; HMS Esk (1813) The Expeditionary Corps Embarks for Minorca at the Port of Marseille Under the Command of ...
Montague Dawson RSMA, FRSA (1890–1973) was a British painter who was renowned as a maritime artist. His most famous paintings depict sailing ships, usually clippers or warships of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Image credits: Roberto Serra - Iguana Press / Getty Images #3 Rembrandt (July 15, 1606 — October 4, 1669) Rembrandt is regarded among the greatest portrait painters and printmakers of all time.