Fishing boat between two rocks on the beach of the Baltic Sea, 1830 https://t.co/PCE5SBYyJc

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Romantic German painter Caspar David Friedrich was born in 1774. Although too early too be a Pre-Raphaelite, his reverence for Nature, evident in his stunning & often haunting woodland & alpine landscapes, & attention to detail, echo that of the PRB

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Solitude is indispensable for my dialogue with nature.

—Caspar David Friedrich, born 1774

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Giant Mountains Landscape with Rising Fog, 1820

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[...]
mis pupilas ya no descansan
se deleitan
en las laderas de tus versos
no puedo evitar
intentar llegar a tu cima
desde donde tus palabras
cambian el sentido
de cada amanecer

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I must stay alone and know that I am alone to contemplate and feel nature in full … I have to merge with my clouds and rocks in order to be what I am.

—Caspar David Friedrich, died 1840

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