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A Walk at Dusk

A Walk at Dusk






Date : approx. between 1830 and 1835

Material : Oil on canvas
J. Paul Getty Museum
European Paintings 1800-1850
West Pavilion
First Floor - Section W201
Item 7 on 17
European Painting
Painting

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Germany

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A central figure in the German Romantic movement, Friedrich possessed a deeply personal and introspective vision that attracted a wide following. Among the last canvases he completed before a debilitating stroke, «A Walk at Dusk" shows a single figure -perhaps the artist himself-contemplating a megalithic tomb. This symbol of death is counterbalanced by the waving moon, which was for Friedrich a sign of Christ's promise of rebirth.
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