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The Lonely Tree

Landscapes and Still Lifes

The Lonely Tree is an 1822 oil on canvas painting by the German painter Caspar David Friedrich, measuring 55 by 71 centimetres. It depicts a panoramic romantic landscape of plains and distant mountains, dominated in the foreground by a solitary oak tree. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Year Created
1822 1
Medium
Oil on canvas 1
Location
Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany 1
Height (metres)
0.55 1
Classification
Genre
Painting 1
Medium
Medium (category)
Oil on Canvas 1
Connections

Created By

Caspar David Friedrich, Artists
Source The Lonely Tree (Wikipedia)

In Form

Painting, Art Forms
Source The Lonely Tree (Wikipedia)

In Genre

Painting, Art Forms
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Located In

Germany

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Sources
1. The Lonely Tree (Wikipedia)
  • Provenance section, completion date
    completed before November 1822
  • Infobox, Medium field
    Oil on canvas
  • Infobox, Dimensions field
    55 cm × 71 cm (22 in × 28 in)
  • Provenance section, donation history
    has been held by the Berlin National Gallery since 1861, donated by Wagener as part of its founding collection
  • Lead section
    The Lonely Tree (German: Der einsame Baum, sometimes translated as "The Solitary Tree") is an 1822 oil-on-canvas painting by German painter Caspar David Friedrich. It measures 55 × 71 centimetres (22 × 28 in).
  • In Group: German Romantic Landscapes, Lead
    The Lonely Tree (German: Der einsame Baum, sometimes translated as "The Solitary Tree") is an 1822 oil-on-canvas painting by German painter Caspar David Friedrich.
  • In Form: Painting, lead paragraph
    The Lonely Tree (German: Der einsame Baum, sometimes translated as "The Solitary Tree") is an 1822 oil-on-canvas painting by German painter Caspar David Friedrich. It measures 55 × 71 centimetres (22 × 28 in). The work depicts a p
  • Created By: Caspar David Friedrich, lead paragraph
    The Lonely Tree (German: Der einsame Baum, sometimes translated as "The Solitary Tree") is an 1822 oil-on-canvas painting by German painter Caspar David Friedrich. It measures 55 × 71 centimetres (22 × 28 in). The work depicts a p
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