Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

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Wanderer above the Sea of Fog is a famous Romantic-era oil painting by Caspar David Friedrich depicting a lone figure standing atop a rocky precipice, gazing over a vast, mist-covered landscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Romantic painting ⓘ
oil painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artForm easel painting ⓘ
artist Caspar David Friedrich ⓘ
artPeriod Romantic era ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism
collection Hamburger Kunsthalle ⓘ
completionDate circa 1818 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
creator Caspar David Friedrich ⓘ
depicts Rückenfigur ⓘ
back-turned figure ⓘ
cliffs ⓘ
clouds ⓘ
distant mountains ⓘ
dramatic sky ⓘ
lone figure ⓘ
man in dark coat ⓘ
man with walking stick ⓘ
mist-covered landscape ⓘ
mountain peaks ⓘ
rocky precipice ⓘ
sea of fog ⓘ
genre Romanticism ⓘ
hasArtisticStyle landscape painting ⓘ
symbolic landscape ⓘ
hasArtisticTheme contemplation of nature ⓘ
human insignificance ⓘ
individualism ⓘ
romantic hero ⓘ
sublime in nature ⓘ
hasColorPalette browns ⓘ
grays ⓘ
muted greens ⓘ
hasPerspective elevated viewpoint ⓘ
inception circa 1818 ⓘ
influencedBy German Romantic literature ⓘ
Romantic philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Romanticism
languageOfTitle German ⓘ
location Hamburger Kunsthalle ⓘ
mainSubject solitary man ⓘ
medium oil on canvas ⓘ
oil paint ⓘ
movement German Romanticism ⓘ
linked to: Jena Romanticism
notableFor evocation of the sublime ⓘ
iconic image of Romanticism ⓘ
use of back-facing figure ⓘ
titleHasTranslation Wanderer above the Mist ⓘ
titleInGerman Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer ⓘ
linked to: The Sea of Fog
usesCompositionDevice Rückenfigur ⓘ

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Caspar David Friedrich → notableWork → Wanderer above the Sea of Fog ⓘ
Wanderer above the Sea of Fog → titleHasTranslation → Wanderer above the Mist ⓘ
linked to: Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
Rückenfigur → notableExample → Caspar David Friedrich’s 'Wanderer above the Sea of Fog' ⓘ
linked to: Wanderer above the Sea of Fog