Carl Gustav Carus

Carl Gustav Carus

1789 — 1869

German philosopher, physician, painter (1789–1869)

Carl Gustav Carus was a German physiologist and painter, born in Leipzig, who played various roles during the Romantic era. A friend of the writer Johann Wolfgang Goethe, he was a many-sided man: a doctor, a naturalist, a scientist, a psychologist, and a landscape painter who studied under Caspar David Friedrich.

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Blick über einen bewaldeten Abhang in weite Gebirgslandschaft

Blick über einen bewaldeten Abhang in weite Gebirgslandschaft

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Der Erlkönig

Der Erlkönig

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Evening by the sea

Evening by the sea

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Full Moon near Pillnitz

Full Moon near Pillnitz

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Mediterranean Island Fortress

Mediterranean Island Fortress

Carl Gustav Carus Alte Nationalgalerie
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Memory of a wooded island in the Baltic Sea

Memory of a wooded island in the Baltic Sea

Carl Gustav Carus Galerie Neue Meister
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Mondschein im Gebirge

Mondschein im Gebirge

Carl Gustav Carus Neue Pinakothek
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Moonlight Behind a Castle Ruin with Alcove

Moonlight Behind a Castle Ruin with Alcove

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Moonlight over pine trees

Moonlight over pine trees

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Moonlit night near the island of Rügen

Moonlit night near the island of Rügen

Carl Gustav Carus Galerie Neue Meister
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Mountainous landscape with a river valley and an abbey at evening light

Mountainous landscape with a river valley and an abbey at evening light

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Rising full moon behind fir trees

Rising full moon behind fir trees

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Schönau near Teplitz

Schönau near Teplitz

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The Monastery of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, near Florence

The Monastery of Monte Oliveto Maggiore, near Florence

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Waldstück mit Baumstamm

Waldstück mit Baumstamm

Carl Gustav Carus Galerie Neue Meister
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Wooded Landscape

Wooded Landscape

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Balcony Room with a View of the Bay of Naples 1800c

Balcony Room with a View of the Bay of Naples

Carl Gustav Carus Alte Nationalgalerie
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Dolmen with resting hiker 1800c

Dolmen with resting hiker

Carl Gustav Carus Galerie Neue Meister
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Haus Carus in Pillnitz 1800c

Haus Carus in Pillnitz

Carl Gustav Carus Galerie Neue Meister
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Morning Fog 1800c

Morning Fog

Carl Gustav Carus Alte Nationalgalerie
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Ruins of the Eldena Monastery with cottage near Greifswald in Moonlight 1800c

Ruins of the Eldena Monastery with cottage near Greifswald in Moonlight

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Sailboat 1800c

Sailboat

Carl Gustav Carus Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
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The Colosseum in Rome 1800c

The Colosseum in Rome

Carl Gustav Carus Galerie Neue Meister
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The Ruins of Netley Abbey in the Moonlight 1800c

The Ruins of Netley Abbey in the Moonlight

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Tree study 1800c

Tree study

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Wooded area with oak tree 1800c

Wooded area with oak tree

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Winterlandschaft mit verfallenem Tor 1810s

Winterlandschaft mit verfallenem Tor

Carl Gustav Carus Galerie Neue Meister
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garden-bench and moonlight 1814

garden-bench and moonlight

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Spring landscape in Rosenthal near Leipzig 1814

Spring landscape in Rosenthal near Leipzig

Carl Gustav Carus Galerie Neue Meister
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Aux remparts 1817

Aux remparts

Carl Gustav Carus Glaspalast
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Wanderer in nächtlicher Felsenlandschaft 1817

Wanderer in nächtlicher Felsenlandschaft

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Dolmen near Nobbin (evening on the Baltic Sea beach) 1818

Dolmen near Nobbin (evening on the Baltic Sea beach)

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Wanderer on the Mountaintop 1818

Wanderer on the Mountaintop

Carl Gustav Carus Saint Louis Art Museum
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Burial mound by moonlight 1819

Burial mound by moonlight

Carl Gustav Carus Kunsthalle Bremen
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Surf at Rügen 1819

Surf at Rügen

Carl Gustav Carus Galerie Neue Meister
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Faust in the Mountains 1820

Faust in the Mountains

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Italian Fishermen in the Harbour of Naples 1820s

Italian Fishermen in the Harbour of Naples

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Pilgrim in a Rocky Valley 1820s

Pilgrim in a Rocky Valley

Carl Gustav Carus Alte Nationalgalerie
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Stone Age Stronghold at Nobbin, Rugen Island 1820s

Stone Age Stronghold at Nobbin, Rugen Island

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Fantasy of the Alps 1822

Fantasy of the Alps

Carl Gustav Carus Nationalmuseum
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Landscape in the early spring 1822

Landscape in the early spring

Carl Gustav Carus Galerie Neue Meister
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Snowy forest with stone cross 1822

Snowy forest with stone cross

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The castle Rudelsburg 1822

The castle Rudelsburg

Carl Gustav Carus Kunsthalle Bremen
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The studio window 1822

The studio window

Carl Gustav Carus Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus
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View from a barred window into the sky 1822

View from a barred window into the sky

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An Overgrown Mineshaft 1823

An Overgrown Mineshaft

Carl Gustav Carus Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Saxon countryside. ‚Sonnenstein‘ near Pirna / Saxon Castle 1823

Saxon countryside. ‚Sonnenstein‘ near Pirna / Saxon Castle

Carl Gustav Carus Alte Nationalgalerie
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The Imperial Castle, Eger 1824

The Imperial Castle, Eger

Carl Gustav Carus National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design
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Tree study 1824

Tree study

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Woman on the Balcony 1824

Woman on the Balcony

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Barge Trip on the Elbe near Dresden (Morning on the Elbe) 1826

Barge Trip on the Elbe near Dresden (Morning on the Elbe)

Carl Gustav Carus Museum Kunstpalast
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Malerstube im Mondschein 1826

Malerstube im Mondschein

Carl Gustav Carus Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
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The Music 1826

The Music

Carl Gustav Carus Galerie Neue Meister
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The „Three Stones“ in the Giant Mountains 1826

The „Three Stones“ in the Giant Mountains

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Clouds of Fog in the Saxon Highlands 1827

Clouds of Fog in the Saxon Highlands

Carl Gustav Carus Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
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Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monastery at Oybin 1827

Gothic Windows in the Ruins of the Monastery at Oybin

Carl Gustav Carus Metropolitan Museum of Art
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View over the sea to the island of Capri. May 9, 1828 (?) 1828

View over the sea to the island of Capri. May 9, 1828 (?)

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Landscape at Sunset 1829

Landscape at Sunset

Carl Gustav Carus Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Moonlit landscape 1829

Moonlit landscape

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Motif from the Pillnitz Elbe island 1829

Motif from the Pillnitz Elbe island

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Pfaueninsel near Pillnitz 1829

Pfaueninsel near Pillnitz

Carl Gustav Carus Galerie Neue Meister
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Wooded landscape 1829

Wooded landscape

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Bäume im Frühling 1830

Bäume im Frühling

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Naples with Monte Somma and Vesuv 1830

Naples with Monte Somma and Vesuv

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Elbe island near Pillnitz 1830s

Elbe island near Pillnitz

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Schloss Milkel in Moonlight 1830s

Schloss Milkel in Moonlight

Carl Gustav Carus Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Goethe Monument 1831

The Goethe Monument

Carl Gustav Carus Hamburger Kunsthalle
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Moon night in the reeds 1833

Moon night in the reeds

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Evening Light near Pillnitz 1834

Evening Light near Pillnitz

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Abenddämmerung. Zu Goethes Faust 1836

Abenddämmerung. Zu Goethes Faust

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Memories of Rome II (Raphael and Michelangelo at the Sight of St. Peter) 1838

Memories of Rome II (Raphael and Michelangelo at the Sight of St. Peter)

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Wooded slope near Pillnitz 1839

Wooded slope near Pillnitz

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In the Keppgrund near Hosterwitz 1840s

In the Keppgrund near Hosterwitz

Carl Gustav Carus Galerie Neue Meister
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View of Florence 1841

View of Florence

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Seascape with rocks (The Needles, Isle of Wight, backlit) 1843

Seascape with rocks (The Needles, Isle of Wight, backlit)

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View in Hosterwitz 1849

View in Hosterwitz

Carl Gustav Carus Galerie Neue Meister
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Moonlit landscape 1859

Moonlit landscape

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View over Hosterwitz gardens on the Keppschloss 1859

View over Hosterwitz gardens on the Keppschloss

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landscape with moonlight

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tru in fog

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1820s

Une église au crépuscule

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1821

Cemetery in the Moonlight

Carl Gustav Carus Museum Georg Schäfer
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1824

Frau auf dem Söller

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1825

Blühende Holunderhecke im Mondschein

Carl Gustav Carus Westphalian State Museum of Art and Cultural History
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1836

Alter Harfner

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