Morning in the Riesengebirge, c.1810/11 Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)

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Travels in the Mountains
Friedrich made many trips into the remote countryside of Germany, to commune with nature and collect motifs for his paintings. He restricted himself deliberately to his own homeland, and never left Germany after 1798.
Although he preferred to be alone on his travels, Friedrich occasionally made trips with fellow artists. In July 1810, he went on a sketching tour of the Riesengebirge - the 'Giant Mountains' to the south-east of Dresden - with his friend Georg Friedrich Kersting. The dramatic scenery impressed him greatly, and the journey provided him with images which he used in paintings up to 25 years later.

Morning in the Riesengebirge
Friedrich painted this religious landscape on his return from a walking tour of the Riesengebirge mountains. He built up the composition from sketches he had made on the trip, as well as drawings he had made up to 10 years earlier.