The Stages of Life (1835)
A haunting, almost proto-Surrealist image by German Romantic painter, Casper David Friedrich (1774-1840). Its meaning has been much debated by art critics, the suggestion being made that the ageing Friedrich was in a reflective mood, perhaps contemplating what lay beyond his mortal life. Is that he holding on to his cane, looking out to sea as a small boat comes ashore to convey him to the Afterworld? No-one knows, Friedrich never revealed.
The Stages of Life (1835)
A haunting, almost proto-Surrealist image by German Romantic painter, Casper David Friedrich (1774-1840). Its meaning has been much debated by art critics, the suggestion being made that the ageing Friedrich was in a reflective mood, perhaps contemplating what lay beyond his mortal life. Is that he holding on to his cane, looking out to sea as a small boat comes ashore to convey him to the Afterworld? No-one knows, Friedrich never revealed.