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Fotoeins Friday: Berlin Neue Nationalgalerie, 2 of 5

I’d been to Berlin countless times between 2002 and 2020, much of my time inhabiting a lot of different spaces and streets. In late-2021, borders and skies slowly reopened to international travel, as the world began turning a corner in an early post-vaccination age. I hopped some 8000-kilometres to the other side of the planet for 10 days in Berlin. I also finally returned to visit the Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) for the first time in over 10 years. From their collection, I highlight this month five works of art from the early 20th-century.

Die Skatspieler (The Skat Players), Otto Dix, 1920.

I made the photo above on 26 Nov 2021 with a Fujifilm X70 fixed-lens prime and these settings: 1/125-sec, f/3.6, ISO4000, and 18mm focal length (28mm full-frame equivalent). This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-rM5.

Fotoeins Friday: Berlin Neue Nationalgalerie, 1 of 5

I’d been to Berlin countless times between 2002 and 2020, much of my time inhabiting a lot of different spaces and streets. In late-2021, borders and skies slowly reopened to international travel, as the world began turning a corner in an early post-vaccination age. I hopped some 8000-kilometres to the other side of the planet for 10 days in Berlin. I also finally returned to visit the Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) for the first time in over 10 years. From their collection, I highlight this month five works of art from the early 20th-century.

Stützen der Gesellschaft (Pillars of Society), George Grosz, 1926.

I made the photo above on 26 Nov 2021 with a Fujifilm X70 fixed-lens prime and these settings: 1/125-sec, f/3.6, ISO4000, and 18mm focal length (28mm full-frame equivalent). This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-rx4.

Caspar David Friedrich, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany, Deutschland, fotoeins.com

Fotoeins Friday: Caspar David Friedrich, 4 of 5

2024 marks the 250th birth year of German painter and artist Caspar David Friedrich (CDF), whose work highlighted and typified the short-lived art movement German romanticism in the early- to mid-19th-century. CDF was born 5 September 1774 in Greifswald; a number of landmarks in the Greifswald-Rügen area feature prominently in his paintings.

“Der Watzmann”, 1824–1825, at the Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery) in Berlin. Visible from the German town of Berchtesgaden in the southeast corner of Bavaria, Watzmann stands at a peak altitude of 2713 metres (8901 feet) in the Berchtesgadener Alps.

I made the photo above on 12 Oct 2017 with a Canon EOS6D mark1 and these settings: 1/160-sec, f/5, ISO5000, and 32mm focal length. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-rXN.

Caspar David Friedrich, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany, Deutschland, fotoeins.com

Fotoeins Friday: Caspar David Friedrich, 3 of 5

2024 marks the 250th birth year of German painter and artist Caspar David Friedrich (CDF), whose work highlighted and typified the short-lived art movement German romanticism in the early- to mid-19th-century. CDF was born 5 September 1774 in Greifswald; a number of landmarks in the Greifswald-Rügen area feature prominently in his paintings.

“Der Greifswalder Hafen” (Greifswald Harbour, 1818–1820), at the Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery) in Berlin.

I made the photo above on 12 Oct 2017 with a Canon EOS6D mark1 and these settings: 1/200-sec, f/5, ISO5000, and 24mm focal length. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-rW4.

"Abtei im Eichwald" (Abbey in the Oakwood), by Caspar David Friedrich, Alte Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museumsinsel, Museum Island, Berlin, Germany, fotoeins.com

Fotoeins Friday: Caspar David Friedrich, 2 of 5

2024 marks the 250th birth year of German painter and artist Caspar David Friedrich (CDF), whose work highlighted and typified the short-lived art movement German romanticism in the early- to mid-19th-century. CDF was born 5 September 1774 in Greifswald; a number of landmarks in the Greifswald-Rügen area feature prominently in his paintings.

“Abtei im Eichwald” (Abbey in the Oakwood, 1809–1810), at the Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery) in Berlin.

In front of a freshly dug grave, a few hooded figures enter the church for a funeral service. It’s cold out; light is fading, giving way to a crescent moon. Gnarly limbs and branches appear in the surrounding trees; the church in skeletal form appears to be in its final days. Human life and construction are temporary; the natural world remains when we return to dust.

I made the photo above on 12 Oct 2017 with a Canon EOS6D mark1 and these settings: 1/80-sec, f/5, ISO4000, and 28mm focal length. This post appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com as https://wp.me/p1BIdT-rVT.