Urgent help required ID'ing painting of ruins/trees/graveyard

unsane · August 9th, 2009, 01:29 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!

saintmarc · August 10th, 2009, 02:18 AM

It is Caspar David Friedrich's "abbey in a wood."
Staatliche Schlosser und garten-Charlottenburg

Hercules Brabazon · August 10th, 2009, 05:01 AM

This painting is "the Abbey in the Oakwood" (1809-10) by Caspar David Friedrich, one of a number of versions he did of the Eldena monastery in the Greifswald. See http://www.german-architecture.info/...GW/HGW-001.htm

August 9th, 2009, 01:29 PM	#1
unsane Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 2	Urgent help required ID'ing painting of ruins/trees/graveyard 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 10th, 2009, 02:18 AM	#2
saintmarc Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 345	It is Caspar David Friedrich's "abbey in a wood." Staatliche Schlosser und garten-Charlottenburg

August 10th, 2009, 05:01 AM	#3
Hercules Brabazon Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 118	This painting is "the Abbey in the Oakwood" (1809-10) by Caspar David Friedrich, one of a number of versions he did of the Eldena monastery in the Greifswald. See http://www.german-architecture.info/...GW/HGW-001.htm