Monday, 13 October 2008

Fewtril no.259

Nothing so wonderful as Caspar David Friedrich’s Wanderer above the Sea of Fog could be painted today in contemporary depiction without straying into the bounds of the unusual. The wanderer would have to appear in bright synthetic clothing.

4 comments:

  1. I've never found anyone else, face to face or on the internet, who appreciated CDF. *shakes your hand*

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  2. "Two Men Gazing At The Moon"

    (but I also like Atkinson Grimshaw)

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  3. "Two Men Gazing At The Moon"

    I sometimes have it as my desktop background.

    I have just looked at the Atkinson Grimshaw paintings linked at your site. Splendid.

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