To mark the 250th birthday of the painter Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), the Saxon Switzerland Tourism Association is looking for "Impressions of Romanticism". Professional and amateur photographers are invited to take a closer look at the rocky landscape of the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, which the master of German Romanticism captured on canvas and paper many times over. Landscape photographs that create a link to his paintings and drawings can be submitted to the competition.
Friedrich was fascinated by Saxon Switzerland's strikingly shaped rock towers, table mountains in the morning mist, bizarre trees and wild grounds. He later used the motifs he found on his expeditions for landscape paintings, many of which are considered icons of Romanticism. The artist can now be emulated with the camera. We are looking for pictures that were the source of his inspiration. The best pictures in the categories "Sea of Fog", "Trees", "Sunrise and Sunset" and "Back Figures" will be shown in an exhibition in November.
Friedrich lived in Dresden for more than four decades from 1798 until his death. He was repeatedly drawn from there to the surrounding area, and from 1799 he hiked in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. At least 19 visits are documented, during which he drew and studied nature and the landscape.
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