Two Men by the Sea
by FRIEDRICH, Caspar David, Oil on canvas, 51 x 66 cm
Friedrich’s people are often portrayed in a rapt contemplation of the mysteries of their own passion as reflected by water’s moon-struck rise and fall, extended by the passage of time and tide. His seascapes combine intimacy and grandeur in unprecedented fashion. In the surreal Two Men by the Sea, each viewer is the other’s clone.