The Monk by the Sea

Caspar David Friedrich's 'The Monk by the Sea' ('Der Mönch am Meer', 1808–1810) stages a solitary monk on a narrow strip of Baltic shore beneath an enormous sky. With no clear horizon, no middle ground, and almost no colour, the composition pushes Romantic painting toward an almost abstract confrontation with divine infinity. When first exhibited in Berlin in 1810 it stunned the young Heinrich von Kleist and has since been canonical to the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin.

Exhibition Venue

Alte Nationalgalerie

Bezirk Mitte, Germany

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