German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich died in poverty after his works fell out of fashion, but on his 250th birthday he is the artist of the moment. Friedrich was a pioneer who still shapes the visual world of today. His most famous painting Wanderer over a Sea of Fog is a favorite of the selfie generation.
Friedrich's works focus on loneliness and the sublime and feature transformative encounters with spiritualised nature. They often allude to specific locations but are actually fantasy compositions.
Friedrichmania explained with reference to ten of his most famous paintings. Kitsch or Kunst? And why does the artist always depict people from behind?

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00:00 Introduction
01:07 The Power of Imagination
06:35 Memories of Childhood
08:23 Painting for the Environment
12:28 Solitude
15:40 Pictures of Eternity
18:18 Friendships
19:57 Painter for the Masses
22:20 Future of Romanticism