Lilac
Cleveland Museum of Art

Lilac

Philipp Otto Runge (German, 1777–1810) · 1800–1805

Silhouette cut from off-white laid paper mounted to modern blue laid paper
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Plants and landscape were one of Philipp Otto Runge’s favorite subjects and he once wrote “Is there not then in this new art—call it landscape if you like—a highest point to be achieved?”

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