Hear new perspectives on Friedrich’s life and work.

To learn more about Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature, please visit met.org/friedrich.

Speakers:

Alison Hokanson, curator of European Paintings and co-curator of Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature

Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, assistant curator of Drawings and Prints and co-curator of Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature

Andrea Wulf, historian of Romanticism

Jordan B. Cooper, Lutheran pastor

Kim Stanley Robinson, science fiction writer

Marie Howe, poet

This audio guide is sponsored by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

Music: Liszt, Consolations, S. 172: No. 3, Lento placido, performed by Constantin Stephan (piano) is licensed under CC-BY-4.0

Cover image: Caspar David Friedrich (German, 1774–1840). Wanderer above the Sea of Fog, ca. 1817. Oil on canvas, 37 3/8 x 29 1/2 in. (94.8 x 74.8 cm). Hamburger Kunsthalle; Permanent loan from the Stiftung Hamburger Kunstsammlungen, acquired 1970 (HK–5161)