David Friedrich, Painter

David Friedrich

David Friedrich, a french painter of the romanticism period and is one of the fathers of the romanticism period. His pieces consist of a large amount of emotion; his pieces inspire a lot of artists who followed the romanticism movement. I appreciate the passion involved in his paintings and entails a huge deal of the emotion the artist is depicting. One of the more particular pieces that consist of this is, "The wand above the mists" it shows a figure standing on a cliff that is above what seems to be a sea; the sea appears to clash with the rocks, the figure also seems to be swaying with the wind. This piece gives me a heroic feel towards the figure, the horizon of mountains and clouds help give it a classical feel. 

Most of his artworks involve this sort of central feeling that gives the overall element of heroism. The passionate feel gives an inspiring feel that drives a sense of heroic feel or devotion from the viewer. The fact that you as the viewer can get a sense of energy from his paintings make them quite remarkable. Not many painters can dig that feel of energy from their viewers as David Friedrich. The idea of a romantic painting derived from the concepts David Friedrich, was implimenting in his paintings. The brush work as you notice is a strong element in constructing a romantic feel to painting. This technique captures the emotional aspect.

Lastly, an element that I noticed with most if not, all his paintings is that the central figure is not involved with the viewer. This concept lets you believe that the figure is undergoing the emotion of the painter; the ability to make this figure a compliment to this emotion or in conflict with it makes the painting able to depict the particular emotion. Even when David Friedrich, depicts nature, nature is not directly involved with the viewer. Instead, nature is involved with the emotion being portrayed.