The paintings offer questions, not answers

Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), The Monk by the Sea, 1808-1810, oil on canvas, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie Image: © bpk / Nationalgalerie, SMB / Andreas Kilger - Knowledge Transfer and Innovation - Published: Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) Self-portrait with leaning arm, around 1802, pen and brown ink over pencil, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Kupferstichkabinett September 2024 will mark the 250th anniversary of Caspar David Friedrich's birth. Therefore, the painter and his work are at the centre of a series of events. To kick off the grand jubilee year, the Hamburger Kunsthalle will present the exhibition "Caspar David Friedrich. Art for a New Age" , which opens on December 15, 2023. The Friedrich Schiller University's Research Centre for European Romanticism is a cooperation partner of the exhibition. One of its directors, Johannes Grave, significantly contributes as an external curator to the exhibition's conception. The Hamburger Kunsthalle presents an extensive exhibition featuring over 60 paintings and around 100 drawings by Friedrich, including popular masterpieces such as "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog," "Chalk Cliffs on Rügen," "The Sea of Ice," and "The Monk by the Sea" (pictured above).