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Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) Born at Greifswald, Friedrich
studied first at the Academy at Copenhagen under Eckersberg who opened
his eyes to nature, in which he saw moods and humours as romantic as
they were modern. He went to Dresden in 1795 where he painted his characteristic
and striking landscapes. Subsequently, he visited Rügen, the Giant and
the Harz Mountains, and Italy. He also etched several plates of landscapes
and trees. In 1817, he became professor at the Academy of Dresden, and
in 1840 a member of that at Berlin. His work was not seen in a right
light until shown in the German Centenary Exhibition of 1906, when his
just place was first, in the history of art, assigned to him. He died
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