When I was in Berlin a few weeks ago, I stopped by the Alte Nationalgalerie to see an exhibit of Impressionist cityscapes. Very enjoyable and I was lucky to catch it shortly before it closed.
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What struck me most forcibly was his handling of light. At times I’m left dazzled. Sources often hidden or partially obscured and yet they suffuse the entire canvas with glows of unworldly color. A powerful consolation for the tiny human lost in the vastness of creation.
Most people have probably seen this one which normally resides in Hamburg. It seems the perfect metaphor for the traveler. We acquire new vistas but much remains hidden, because we lack adequate historical or cultural context to understand what we see.
Said exhibition opened this week @metmuseum.org and I’ve just been to see it. I wasn’t particularly familiar with his work to begin with. My university art history courses largely managed to avoid him, presumably because he worked in Dresden and not Paris.
I noticed that the Alte Nationalgalerie also had a Caspar David Friedrich collection, so I decided to go back a few days later for that. When I returned, I discovered that most of their Friedrichs were on loan for an exhibition… in New York!
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