Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer

 

Alemán: Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer 

Ingles: Wanderer above the Sea of Fog 

Español: El caminante sobre el mar de nubes 

Artist: Caspar David Friedrich 

Year: 1818 

Medium: Oil on canvas 

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. It has been considered one of the masterpieces of the Romantic movement and one of its most representative works. The painting has been widely interpreted as an emblem of self-reflection or contemplation of life's path, and the landscape is widely considered to evoke the sublime. Friedrich was a common user of Rückenfigur (German: Rear-facing figure) in his paintings; Wanderer above the Sea of Fog is perhaps the most famous Rückenfigur in art due to the subject's prominence. The painting has also been interpreted as an expression of Friedrich's German liberal and nationalist feeling.