Monk by the Sea

Item

Title
Monk by the Sea
Description
"No artistic composition had ever been as uncompromising as this: the main space of the picture seems like an abyss of some kind; there are no boundaries, there is nothing to hold on to, just a sense of floating between night and day, between despair and hope."
Date
1808-1810
Coverage
Dresden, Germany
Format
43 in × 67.5 in
Medium
Oil on canvas
Identifier
psychogeography_friedrich
Rights
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
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Psychogeography
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