View of Dresden at Sunset #1
by Tanya Gordeeva
Title
View of Dresden at Sunset #1
Artist
Tanya Gordeeva
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Digital Art
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Carl Gustav Carus (1789–1869): View of Dresden at Sunset, c. 1822, oil on canvas, 22 x 30.5 cm, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Germany
19th-century German Romantic landscape painter Caspar David Friedrich ( 1774 – 1840) had at least one pupil, and a rather unusual one at that: Carl Gustav Carus, who when he was learning to paint was already a professor of obstetrics in Dresden, Germany.
Carus was a Renaissance man: an eminent obstetrician and gynaecologist who ran obstetric services in the city of Dresden, a botanist and zoologist who influenced Darwin, a physiologist and pioneer psychologist who helped develop the concept of the unconscious, a friend and influence of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and, as we shall see, a highly accomplished painter of Romantic ‘Gothic’ landscapes. 'View of Dresden at Sunset' from about 1822 is one of Carus’ finest paintings, with the famous spires and towers of the city of Dresden seen against the rich, warm light of dusk. Sat admiring the sight are two faceless figures, one wearing a distinctive top hat.
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