Der Maler der Stille
The painter of silence · ख़ामोशी का चित्रकार
A quiet boy from a Baltic town survives an accident on the ice that costs his brother's life. He grows up to paint people from behind, looking out at the sea, and the world forgets him for almost a hundred years.
Timeline
| 1774 | Caspar David Friedrich is born in Greifswald |
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| 1787 | His brother drowns trying to save him after he falls through the ice |
| 1798 | He moves to Dresden |
| 1818 | He marries Caroline Bommer; honeymoon on the island of Rügen |
| c. 1818 | He paints the “Chalk Cliffs on Rügen” |
| 1840 | He dies in Dresden, almost forgotten |
| 1906 | A big exhibition in Berlin rediscovers him |
| 2024 | 250th birthday: large exhibitions in Hamburg, Berlin and Dresden |
Kapitel 1: Ein Junge aus Greifswald
Caspar David Friedrich wurde 1774 in Greifswald geboren, einer kleinen Stadt an der Ostsee.Caspar David Friedrich was born in 1774 in Greifswald, a small town on the Baltic Sea.
Sein Vater machte Seife und Kerzen.His father made soap and candles.
Die Familie hatte zehn Kinder.The family had ten children.
Als Caspar sieben Jahre alt war, starb seine Mutter.When Caspar was seven years old, his mother died.
Sechs Jahre später passierte ein schreckliches Unglück.Six years later, a terrible accident happened.
Beim Schlittschuhlaufen brach Caspar durch das Eis.While ice-skating, Caspar fell through the ice.
Sein Bruder Johann Christoffer wollte ihn retten und ertrank dabei.His brother Johann Christoffer tried to save him and drowned.
Caspar überlebte, aber er war oft traurig und still.Caspar survived, but he was often sad and quiet.
Er lernte zeichnen und ging später nach Kopenhagen an die Kunstakademie.He learned to draw and later went to the art academy in Copenhagen.
1798 zog er nach Dresden, wo er bis zu seinem Tod lebte.In 1798 he moved to Dresden, where he lived until his death.
Aber seine Heimat an der Ostsee vergaß er nie.But he never forgot his home on the Baltic Sea.
Immer wieder reiste er zurück nach Greifswald und auf die Insel Rügen.Again and again he travelled back to Greifswald and to the island of Rügen.
Dort wanderte er stundenlang und zeichnete Felsen, Bäume und das Meer.There he walked for hours and drew rocks, trees and the sea.
The rest of the history
- Kapitel 2: Bilder voller Stille · Pictures full of silence Premium
- Kapitel 3: Wiederentdeckt · Rediscovered Premium