The Moon Rising over the Sea, c.1822 by Caspar David Friedrich
Canvas Print - 2909-FCD
Location: Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, GermanyOriginal Size: 55 x 71 cm
Giclée Canvas Print | $58.12 USD
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"The Moon Rising over the Sea" will be custom-printed for your order using the latest giclée printing technology. This technique ensures that the Canvas Print captures an exceptional level of detail, showcasing vibrant and vivid colors with remarkable clarity.
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Painting Information
In "Moonrise over the Sea," Caspar David Friedrich isn't just painting a scene - he's trapping you in a mood, like some kind of Romantic spell. The figures in the foreground are frozen in place, not in a moment of action, but in a contemplative pause that feels almost suffocating. They’re just watching the moon lift itself over the sea, but their stillness is louder than any gesture. The ships, mere shadows in the distance, drift silently toward the horizon - or away from it - but who really cares? They exist only to remind us of distance, of departure, of the world beyond this lonely shore.
Friedrich has a thing for vastness. He paints this scene in tones that feel cold to the touch: indigoes and lilacs dominating the sky, while the sea itself absorbs the same palette, blending into one unending plane of twilight. His handling of light is soft, understated - none of the bold, brash sunrises here. The moon sits there, pale and indifferent, almost like an afterthought, casting the faintest light onto the rocks and sea. The sea’s surface is nearly still, a mirror that refuses to reflect any warmth.
There’s something too orderly about the composition - three figures, three boats, the perfect split of land, sea, and sky. Friedrich is methodical, almost clinical, in how he positions everything. The horizon is low, stretching across the canvas like a barrier between what’s real and what’s intangible. But it’s the quiet - the emptiness of it all - that gets you. It’s beautiful, sure, but in that beauty, there’s an undercurrent of isolation, of the terrible silence that Friedrich seems to revel in.
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