In the manner of Caspar David Friedrich
German, 1774–1840
Wanderer above the Sea of Notifications, 2026
Oil on canvas
95 × 76 cm
Never painted.
Commissioned for the collection, 2026.
PAB 2026.6.1
Room 6: Rückenfigur, Do Not Disturb
In the manner of Caspar David Friedrich · German, 1774–1840 · German Romanticism
Friedrich put a person in front of the infinite and turned them to face it, so that we could stand behind them and feel small too. The infinite is still there. The person has a better camera now, and a signal.
In the manner of Caspar David Friedrich
German, 1774–1840
Monastery in the Cloud, 2026
Oil on canvas
95 × 76 cm
Never painted.
Commissioned for the collection, 2026.
PAB 2026.6.2
In the manner of Caspar David Friedrich
German, 1774–1840
Morning at the Wind Farm, 2026
Oil on canvas
95 × 76 cm
Never painted.
Commissioned for the collection, 2026.
PAB 2026.6.3
Moving, 8-second loop ·
In the manner of Caspar David Friedrich
German, 1774–1840
The Airfield in Fog, 2026
Oil on canvas
95 × 76 cm
Never painted.
Commissioned for the collection, 2026.
PAB 2026.6.4
In the manner of Caspar David Friedrich
German, 1774–1840
The Retreat, 2026
Oil on canvas
95 × 76 cm
Never painted.
Commissioned for the collection, 2026.
PAB 2026.6.5
The brief for this room
The sublime, now with reception. Someone alone before something vast that was built or measured rather than grown.