One of Georg Friedrich Kersting’s portraits of the artist, 1811’s Caspar David Friedrich in His Studio, gives us Friedrich alone, seated at an easel, rendering a waterfall on the canvas.

“Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature,” a major retrospective of the German romantic at the Met, speaks of a world out of joint.

Jerry Saltz reviews the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Caspar David Friedrich retrospective, which captures the German romanticist’s epic melancholy.

When Caspar David Friedrich died in 1840, he was almost forgotten by the art world. As his 250th birthday approaches, his reputation is reaching new heights.

The great Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich gushed masterpieces. One of the few in America is at the Met.

Caspar David Friedrich and the mystery of eternity The great painter, born 250 years ago, made it his lifelong task to depict the numinous in nature.

Berlin commemorates the 250th anniversary of Caspar David Friedrich with a captivating exhibition at the Alte Nationalgalerie, showcasing the iconic landscapes.

BERLIN (AP) — 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 ...