Fictitious Friedrich view by Holger Felix

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

The wanderer stands at the centre of the composition of the painting as a figure on his back. He is looking down on an almost impenetrable sea of fog in the midst of a rocky landscape.

It is precisely this rocky landscape that can also be seen in my photograph. My photograph was selected from the Carola Aussicht in the Hintere Sächsische Schweiz. It is said to have stood here. As Caspar David Friedrich's picture is a composition of different views of Saxon Switzerland, there are several spots that he is said to have captured artistically.

Among other things, he needed a prominent rock on which to position the hiker for the figure behind him. He used a boulder on the ascent to Table Mountain "Kaiserkrone" for his composition.

My photograph was taken in October this year. I stood 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 Dresden, in what was then the Kingdom of Saxony, in 1774.

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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