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CARL GUSTAV CARUS. An Overgrown Mineshaft

An Overgrown Mineshaft. Artist: Carl Gustav Carus (German, Leipzig 1789-1869 Dresden). Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (28.6 x 21 cm). Date: ca. 1824.
Carus was a leading painter of German Romanticism, second in importance only to his close friend Caspar David Friedrich. He was a multitalented man: a correspondent of Goethe's, theorist, writer on art, medical professor, royal physician, and notable scientist. His now-famous <i>Nine Letters on Landscape Painting</i> (1831) reflects his changing attitude toward nature. Having initially embraced a religio-mystical Romanticism, one that was nurtured by his friendship with Friedrich, Carus then changed course, moving toward greater objectivity and a nascent naturalism. His increased spontaneity in the face of nature is vividly expressed in the modest motif of <i>An Overgrown Mineshaft</i>, an entrance to a rock cave that has been taken over by riotous weeds and bushes.

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Author: CARL GUSTAV CARUS (1789-1869)

Title: An Overgrown Mineshaft

Caption: An Overgrown Mineshaft. Artist: Carl Gustav Carus (German, Leipzig 1789-1869 Dresden). Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (28.6 x 21 cm). Date: ca. 1824. Carus was a leading painter of German Romanticism, second in importance only to his close friend Caspar David Friedrich. He was a multitalented man: a correspondent of Goethe's, theorist, writer on art, medical professor, royal physician, and notable scientist. His now-famous Nine Letters on Landscape Painting (1831) reflects his changing attitude toward nature. Having initially embraced a religio-mystical Romanticism, one that was nurtured by his friendship with Friedrich, Carus then changed course, moving toward greater objectivity and a nascent naturalism. His increased spontaneity in the face of nature is vividly expressed in the modest motif of An Overgrown Mineshaft, an entrance to a rock cave that has been taken over by riotous weeds and bushes.

Technique/material: Oil on paper, laid down on cardboard

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 2948 × 4004 px | 33.8 MB

Print size: 25.0 × 33.9 cm | 1160.6 × 1576.4 in (300 dpi)

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