Woman in front of the Setting Sun ☲ Friedrich ☰ Canvas moon Various artists have produced works

Various artists have produced works that allude

This portrait became not just an iconic portrayal of Fénéon

soleil levant) by Claude Monet is credited with inspiring the name of the Impressionist movement

Monet depicts the Parisian boulevard lined with trees and alive with movement

with tall masts and chimneys silhouetted against the sky

Woman in front of the Setting Sun ☲ Friedrich ☰ Canvas moon Various artists have produced worksWoman in front of the Setting Sun (1818, Frau vor der untergehenden Sonne) by Casper David Friedrich, also known as Woman before the Rising Sun, is possibly the artist's wife Caroline Brommer. Friedrich makes use of Rckenfigur (a rear facing figure that is not the primary subject), allowing the viewer to place themselves into the scene. It is interpreted as an emblem of life's transience and individual salvation. The woman is silhouetted against a