At the Edge of the Forest
August Heinrich German
This view opens toward meadows and the distant Elbsandsteingebirge, sandstone mountains that rise to the southeast of Dresden. Heinrich approached landscape with sober objectivity, which sets his work apart from the emotional response to nature championed by his colleagues Caspar David Friedrich and Johan Christian Dahl. This is one of only five known paintings by Heinrich; a related study is in the Museum Georg Schäfer, Schweinfurt.
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