urgent help required ID'ing painting of ruins/trees/graves

unsane · August 9th, 2009, 01:31 PM

Hi guys,

I'm desperately trying to identify the artist/title of this painting. I found the image online back in 2003, photoshopped and messed with the colours abit (sacrilege i know) and used it for an early version of my band's website.

I'd really to track down the artist/title of the piece so i can try to purchase a print or view the original.

here's the image, sadly i don't have a higher res version and the original picture has been long gone.

the original painting wasn't as cropped, was yellow/gold-ish coloured, and without the added logo/text of course. here's the best approximation of the original's colour i could whip up.

other clues i remember is that it was definately a 16th-18th century piece and was done by an european artist (possibly dutch/german?)

if anyone could help i'd really appreciate it, cheers!

John · August 9th, 2009, 10:31 PM

It's by Caspar David Friedrich, the king of gothic spookiness. It shouldn't be hard to identify the specific work, it's quite well-known. Something about a churchyard, I think.

[Added -- it's "Abbey in an Oak Wood"]

August 9th, 2009, 01:31 PM	#1
unsane Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2	urgent help required ID'ing painting of ruins/trees/graves Hi guys, I'm desperately trying to identify the artist/title of this painting. I found the image online back in 2003, photoshopped and messed with the colours abit (sacrilege i know) and used it for an early version of my band's website. I'd really to track down the artist/title of the piece so i can try to purchase a print or view the original. here's the image, sadly i don't have a higher res version and the original picture has been long gone. the original painting wasn't as cropped, was yellow/gold-ish coloured, and without the added logo/text of course. here's the best approximation of the original's colour i could whip up. other clues i remember is that it was definately a 16th-18th century piece and was done by an european artist (possibly dutch/german?) if anyone could help i'd really appreciate it, cheers!

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August 9th, 2009, 10:31 PM	#2
John John Malyon, host Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,400	It's by Caspar David Friedrich, the king of gothic spookiness. It shouldn't be hard to identify the specific work, it's quite well-known. Something about a churchyard, I think. [Added -- it's "Abbey in an Oak Wood"]