River Bank in Fog

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]

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


Bibliography (in German)

  • Werner Hofmann: Das entzweite Jahrhundert, Kunst zwischen 1750 und 1830. Beck, München 1995.
  • Rose-Marie und Rainer Hagen: Bildbefragungen. Taschen, Köln 2016.

Contemporary fog paintings by Friedrich

References

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