Dresden!

250 years of Caspar David Friedrich: Where better to celebrate the anniversary year of the famous painter than in his favorite city of Dresden? And you can also find the most beautiful spots of Romanticism in the Elbe metropolis.

Did you know that the most important artist of early German Romanticism spent a large part of his life in Dresden? The young Caspar David Friedrich came to the city in the summer of 1798 after completing his art studies and remained there for the rest of his life. He loved Dresden and the Elbe region, Saxon Switzerland, and found inspiration for his famous paintings in these surroundings. The original locations of his works and the places that influenced him can be found everywhere.



The Dresden State Art Collections are celebrating this year's anniversary with a major special exhibition. On numerous hiking trails in the Dresden Elbland region and in Saxon Switzerland, the attentive hiker encounters the motifs that inspired the painter to create his wonderful pictures. Friedrich was a convinced "slow traveler". When he traveled, he walked at a leisurely pace and often stopped for sketches. Carriage rides were too fast for him. He wanted to soak up the impressions. Traveling in his footsteps satisfies our longing to slow down and brings us closer to the roots of Romanticism, which are anchored in mindfulness, enjoyment and a love of nature. Of course, Caspar David Friedrich is by no means the only Romantic to have played a significant role in Dresden. Numerous writers, artists and musicians of this era were at home here and made the city the center of Romanticism in the 19th century. The composer Richard Wagner, the painter Caroline Bardua, the writer E.T.A. Hoffmann - they all left their mark in Dresden Elbland.

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