Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin was a German poet and philosopher. Described by Norbert von Hellingrath as "the most German of Germans", Hölderlin was a key figure of German Romanticism. Particularly due to his early association with and philosophical influence on Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, he was also an important thinker in the development of German Idealism.
Hölderlin by Franz Carl Hiemer, 1792
Friedrich Hölderlin's birthplace, Lauffen am Neckar
Hölderlin attended the Tübinger Stift (pictured) from 1788 to 1793.
The first floor of the yellow tower (now known as the Hölderlinturm) was Hölderlin's place of residence from 1807 until his death in 1843.
German Romanticism was the dominant intellectual movement of German-speaking countries in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, influencing philosophy, aesthetics, literature, and criticism. Compared to English Romanticism, the German variety developed relatively early, and, in the opening years, coincided with Weimar Classicism (1772–1805).
Caspar David Friedrich, (1774–1840) Moonrise by the Sea, 1822, 55x71 cm
Angelica Kauffman, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1787
Moritz Daniel Oppenheim Heinrich Heine, 1831, Kunsthalle Hamburg
Joseph von Eichendorff