River Bank in Fog
River Bank in Fog (German - Flussufer im Nebel) is a c. 1821 oil on canvas painting by Caspar David Friedrich, now in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud in Cologne, for which it was acquired in 1942 from the Graf Hahn collection at Schloss Basedow (Mecklenburg). It is also known as Elbschiff in Early Fog (Elbschiff im Frühnebel).[1]
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| Artist | Caspar David Friedrich |
| Year | c. 1821 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 22 cm × 33,5 cm (8.7 in × 132 in) |
| Location | Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne |
Bibliography (in German)
- Werner Hofmann: Das entzweite Jahrhundert, Kunst zwischen 1750 und 1830. Beck, München 1995.
- Rose-Marie und Rainer Hagen: Bildbefragungen. Taschen, Köln 2016.
Contemporary fog paintings by Friedrich
Caspar David Friedrich – Morning 1820, 22 × 30,5 cm, Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover
Caspar David Friedrich – Riesengebirg Landscape with Rising Fog 1819–1820, 54,9 × 70,4 cm, Neue Pinakothek München
Caspar David Friedrich – Ziehende Wolken 1821, 18,3 × 24,5 cm, Kunsthalle Hamburg
Caspar David Friedrich – Nebel im Elbtal 1821, 33 × 43 cm, Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin
External links (in German)
References
- (in German) Helmut Börsch-Supan: Caspar David Friedrich. erw. Auflage. Prestel, München 1987, S. 128.
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