Runge, Philipp Otto

Runge, Philipp Otto fēˈlĭp ôtˈō ro͝ongˈə [key], 1777–1810, German painter. Immersed in the mysticism of the romantic movement in Germany, Runge became a central figure of romantic painting. He was influenced by C. D. Friedrich and by Goethe to express universal harmonies in his art. His Rest on the Flight into Egypt (c.1805) is in the Kunsthalle in Hamburg.

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