Painting of two standing together, looking at the moon before a leaning tree.
Exhibition

Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature

The people standing together in a gallery with hard hanging from the wall, facing them.
Video

Join Alison Hokanson, Curator in the Department of European Paintings, and Joanna Sheers Seidenstein, Assistant Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints, along with Max Hollein, Marina Kellen French Director and CEO, to virtually explore Caspar David Friedrich: The Soul of Nature.

February 20, 2025
A solitary figure stands on a dune, gazing at the vast, dark sea under a cloudy sky.
The poet Jennifer Franklin responds to Friedrich’s painting Monk by the Sea.
Jennifer Franklin
February 3, 2025
Two men in coats stand beside a large tree, gazing at a crescent moon in a dusky sky.
The poet Emily Pittinos responds to Friedrich’s painting Two Men Contemplating the Moon.
Emily Pittinos
February 3, 2025
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