The Sea of Ice
Artist: Caspar Friedrich
Year Composed: 1824
Artistic Movement: Romanticism
Nationality: Germany
Floor Found in Château: Unknown Location
Year Composed: 1824
Artistic Movement: Romanticism
Nationality: Germany
Floor Found in Château: Unknown Location
About the Artwork
Also known as The Wreck of Hope, Caspar Friedrich composed The Sea of Ice in 1824, showcasing icy, bleak terrain surrounding the wreckage of a ship. Here, the shards and sheets of ice act as a cold, barren tomb that encompasses the ship and the souls lost on it during the wreck. In a closer inspection of the piece, the mast of the ship is that resembling the HMS Griper, a ship used in an attempt to navigate the North Pole by Sir William Parry in the 1820s.
About the Artist
Considered one of the most important painters of the German 18th and 19th Centuries (or the 1700s and 1800s), Caspar David Friedrich is known for the emotional landscapes that are composed of Gothic ruins, icy terrains, or dusky marshes. These Romantic works, such as his Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog (1818), Rocky Landscape in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains (1823), or probably his most iconic The Abbey in the Oakwood (1810), all express feelings of the unknown and of mystery.
About the Movement
The Sea of Ice was composed in the Romantic Age of art. Romantic art originated in Europe during the end of the 18th Century (or the end of the 1700s), and spread through the middle of the 19th Century (or the 1800s). It emphasizes emotion and feeling of individuals as well as almost glorifying nature and history. Unlike the Baroque and Renaissance where the focus was more Classical in nature, Romantic art focused more on the Medieval, adding sort of a heroic sense to the artworks. Some of the most famous Romantic artists included Eugène Delacroix, J.M.W. Turner, and Francisco Goya.
Location of Original Work of Art: Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Also known as The Wreck of Hope, Caspar Friedrich composed The Sea of Ice in 1824, showcasing icy, bleak terrain surrounding the wreckage of a ship. Here, the shards and sheets of ice act as a cold, barren tomb that encompasses the ship and the souls lost on it during the wreck. In a closer inspection of the piece, the mast of the ship is that resembling the HMS Griper, a ship used in an attempt to navigate the North Pole by Sir William Parry in the 1820s.
About the Artist
Considered one of the most important painters of the German 18th and 19th Centuries (or the 1700s and 1800s), Caspar David Friedrich is known for the emotional landscapes that are composed of Gothic ruins, icy terrains, or dusky marshes. These Romantic works, such as his Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog (1818), Rocky Landscape in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains (1823), or probably his most iconic The Abbey in the Oakwood (1810), all express feelings of the unknown and of mystery.
About the Movement
The Sea of Ice was composed in the Romantic Age of art. Romantic art originated in Europe during the end of the 18th Century (or the end of the 1700s), and spread through the middle of the 19th Century (or the 1800s). It emphasizes emotion and feeling of individuals as well as almost glorifying nature and history. Unlike the Baroque and Renaissance where the focus was more Classical in nature, Romantic art focused more on the Medieval, adding sort of a heroic sense to the artworks. Some of the most famous Romantic artists included Eugène Delacroix, J.M.W. Turner, and Francisco Goya.
Location of Original Work of Art: Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany