“Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog,” the wistful rear view that Caspar David Friedrich painted circa 1817, has the pesky distinction of epitomizing not just a single artist but also a whole ...

You have probably seen the 19th-century artist’s most famous painting, Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, a lone figure that you see from the back looking out over a wide valley of cliffs and mists.

The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, 1818, by Caspar David Friedrich In The Open Window (1921), Juan Gris uses black and dark colours to show parts of the room that are in shade. Light tones are ...