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title: Idealized Wilderness by Caspar Wolf
author: Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15583/idealized-wilderness-by-caspar-wolf/
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Idealized Wilderness by Caspar Wolf

_Authored by Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau_

## Image File

[![Idealized Wilderness by Caspar Wolf](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15583.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15583.png)

## Image Caption

Caspar Wolf (1735–1783), Romantische Waldlandschaft mit drei Figuren, 
die eine Felszunge besteigen, 1769, Oil on canvas. Exhibited as part of the 2022 exhibition *In the Forest - A Cultural History* in the Swiss National Museum, Zürich.

The uprooted fir trees stand for the elemental and uncontrollable forces of nature. Caspar Wolf composed this primeval forest in his studio in a theatrical mis en scène.

©Aargauer Kunsthaus Aarau, Depositum der Koch-Berner-Stiftung (used with permission)

Photo: Jörg Müller.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Aarau, A. K. (2022, March 30). Idealized Wilderness by Caspar Wolf. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15583/idealized-wilderness-by-caspar-wolf/>
### Chicago
Aarau, Aargauer Kunsthaus. "Idealized Wilderness by Caspar Wolf." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 30, 2022. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15583/idealized-wilderness-by-caspar-wolf/>.
### MLA
Aarau, Aargauer Kunsthaus. "Idealized Wilderness by Caspar Wolf." *World History Encyclopedia*, 30 Mar 2022, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/15583/idealized-wilderness-by-caspar-wolf/>.

## License & Copyright

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