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| An Overgrown Mineshaft |
Artist:Carl Gustav Carus (German, Leipzig 1789–1869 Dresden)
Date:ca. 1824
Medium:Oil on paper, laid down on cardboard
Dimensions:11 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (28.6 x 21 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2007
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.
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