Caspar David Friedrich View by Holger Felix

Many people know the artwork "The Wanderer over the Sea of Fog" by Caspar David Friedrich. The painter, graphic artist and draughtsman, who was born in 1774 in Greifswald in Swedish Pomerania, created this work of art around 1818 at the age of 44. Today he is considered one of the most important artists of the German early Romantic period.

The wanderer is the central figure in the composition of the painting. He looks down on a seemingly impenetrable sea of fog in the midst of a rocky landscape.

It is precisely this rocky landscape that one discovers in my photograph. My photograph was chosen by Carola Aussicht, located in the Hintere Sächsische Schweiz. This is where it is said to have stood. Since Caspar David Friedrich's painting is a composition of various views of Saxon Switzerland, there are several spots that he is said to have captured artistically.

Among others, for the back figure he needed a prominent rock on which to position the hiker. He used a boulder on the ascent to the table mountain "Kaiserkrone" for his picture composition.

My photograph was taken in October this year. I stood as if captivated at the spot where the famous artist had already let his eyes glide over this fascinating landscape. A picture for my eternity.

Caspar David Friedrich died in 1774 in Dresden, in what was then the Kingdom of Saxony.

This artwork is offered by Holger Felix

Holger Felix, born 1959, photographer from Wismar, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. I have been taking pictures since I was seven years old. I started with a simple roll film camera in b/w, model Pouva Start from 1952. In my late youth I got my first analog SLR camera. Today I am using products from Canon. I take pictures with a camera of the type Canon EOS 7D. Photography is for me passion, joy of discovery and the love of detail at the same time. For me, photography means capturing the moment of life, looking back in the present, but also rediscovering things in the future that are subject to constant change. My photographs have already been published in various media. Among other things in professional journals and in calendar publications.

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