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River Bank in Fog

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River Bank in Fog
ArtistCaspar David Friedrich
Yearc. 1821
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions22 cm × 33,5 cm (8.7 in × 132 in)
LocationWallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud, Cologne

River Bank in Fog (German - Flussufer im Nebel) is a c. 1821 oil on canvas painting by Caspar David Friedrich, now in the Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud in Cologne, for which it was acquired in 1942 from the Graf Hahn collection at Schloss Basedow (Mecklenburg). It is also known as Elbschiff in Early Fog (Elbschiff im Frühnebel).[1]

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Bibliography

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  • Grave, Johannes (2017) [2012]. Caspar David Friedrich (2nd ed.). London/New York: Prestel. ISBN 978-3-7913-8357-6, p. 242.
  • Hofmann, Werner (1995). Das entzweite Jahrhundert, Kunst zwischen 1750 und 1830. Munich: C. H. Beck.
  • Hagen, Rose-Marie and Rainer (2016). Bildbefragungen. Cologne: Taschen.

Contemporary fog paintings by Friedrich

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ (in German) Helmut Börsch-Supan: Caspar David Friedrich. erw. Auflage. Prestel, München 1987, S. 128.