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24T31 The ruins at Eldena

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Five kilometres east from Greifswald is Eldena, where the ruins of a monastery sparked within Caspar David Friedrich (CDF) a motif and theme lasting decades.

I returned to Berlin’s Alte Nationalgalerie in 2017, and I had an emotional response to the sight in-person of CDF’s “Abtei im Eichwald” (Abbey in the Oakwood). And in that moment, I added CDF as a subject of historical and artistic interest.

I’m in northeast Germany almost 7 years later, standing in front of the very same ruins of a 13th-century monastery that’s ignited interest among different people around the world over centuries of time.

“Wanderer from Greifswald” info display for the 250th anniversary of CDF’s birth.
“Eldena monastery ruins in the Giant Mountains”, CDF, 1830-1834. Painting housed at Pomeranian State Museum, Greifswald.
“Eldena monastery ruins near Greifswald,” CDF, 1824-25. Painting housed at Alte Nationalgalerie, SMB Berlin.
“Abbey in the Oakwood,” CDF, 1810. Painting housed at Alte Nationalgalerie, SMB Berlin.
An evening open-air live performance of “Romeo & Juliet” at this venue would be phenomenal.

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 7 Jun 2024. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.