Caspar David FriedrichGermania, 1774–1840L'albero dei corvi
L'arbre aux corbeaux
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Sul dipinto
L'albero dei corvi (in tedesco: Krähenbaum) è un dipinto a olio del 1822 del pittore romantico Caspar David Friedrich. È attualmente conservato presso il Museo del Louvre, a Parigi.
Scheda
- Numero di inventario
- RF 1975 20
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- Museo del Louvre
- Immagine: Museo del Louvre — © 2022 GrandPalaisRmn (musée du Louvre) / Franck Raux
Nel frattempo, nella vita di Caspar David Friedrich
Tutta la vita1820
Grand Duke Nikolai Pavlovich in his studio
At the behest of his wife Alexandra Feodorovna, Grand Duke Nikolai Pavlovich visits Friedrich’s studio and returns to Saint Petersburg with a number of paintings, beginning a patronage that continues for many years.
by 1820
A recluse, “the most solitary of the solitary”
By 1820 Friedrich is living as a recluse, described by friends as the most solitary of the solitary.
1820
The birth of his daughter Emma
The Friedrichs’ first child, a daughter named Emma, is born; they will have three children. The third, Gustav Adolf, is named after the Swedish king Gustavus Adolphus and becomes a notable painter in his own right.
1821
Meets Zhukovsky
In 1821 the Romantic poet Vasily Zhukovsky, an admirer of his work, visits Friedrich’s studio: he buys several paintings and keeps them all his life. The friendship that begins lasts until the artist’s death, and thanks to Zhukovsky Friedrich becomes popular in Russia — today Russian museums hold 17 of his paintings, 15 of them in the Hermitage.
23 dicembre 1824
Son born: Adolf Friedrich
1824–1826
Depression and darker motifs
A new bout of depression — earlier ones came in 1799, 1803–1805, around 1813 and in 1816 — brings vultures, owls, graveyards and ruins into his work. From 1826 these motifs become a permanent feature of his output, and his colours grow darker and more muted.
