Caspar David Freidrich. One of his most famous paintings is called Wanderer above the mist.

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Caspar David Friedrich

In September 5, 1774, a German romantic painter was born. His name was Caspar David Friedrich, and he was one of the greatest painters in European art of landscapes. Friedrich was sixth of ten children in his family. In 1781, when Friedrich was only 7 years old, his mother Sophie Dorothea Bechly died. A few of his brothers and sisters died later.

1790 he began studying art as a private student of artist Johann Gottfried Quistorp, at the University of Griefswald. He learnt a lot from that and here is where his art-life began.

Friedrich was a romanticist. Romanticism revolved around the importance of feelings, imagination, self-expression and individual creativity. The Romantic Movement, which began around 1795, brought about one of the most fundamental changes in outlook in literature, music and the arts. It's originated in the second half of the 18th century in Western Europé and evolved during the Industrial Revolution.

Friedrich's landscapes are based on places in Germany, including mountains, trees, morning mists and many more. One of his most famous paintings is called "Wanderer above the mist". It shows a young wanderer standing on a