Landscape with tombs

Date: 1937

The painting shows a surreal scene in sepia tones. In the foreground is a billowing umbrella firmly planted in the ground next to a seemingly buried piano. The blurred outlines of several obelisks or totems and a central gothic tower appear in the background. The atmosphere of the painting evokes a sense of desolation and tranquillity. The scene may have references to the vicissitudes of time and forgotten stories.

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Friedrich painted picture Landscape with tombs in 1937. Prevailing color of this fine art print is orange and its shape is landscape. This image is printed on demand - you can choose material, size and finishing.

Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) was a German Romantic landscape painter. Friedrich studied art in Copenhagen. He was disillusioned with the materialist Europe, and like William Turner and John Constable, he tried to point to the divine beauty of nature and discourage superficiality, which we see his breath-taking allegorical paintings of nature: Giant or Lone Tree. His works served as an inspiration to Expressionists and Surrealists . The decline in his popularity after World War II was in part due to the Nazis, who perverted the meaning of his works to favour their nationalistic ideals. Some of his works were destroyed in the fire of the Munich Glass Palace or the bombing of Dresden. Friedrich died in poverty in Dresden on May 7th, 1840, where he was also buried.