“Horizontal format pictures prevail in the Friedrich galleries. And the horizontal element is dominant in the pictures themselves. We are enveloped by a remarkable sense of tranquility, by a mild, fresh, Baltic-Sea breeze. Northern Germany is given space to reveal its splendor.” – Ferdinand Laban, “Bericht über die Berliner Jahrhundert-Ausstellung,” in Die Kunst für Alle, vol. XIII, 1906, p. 292.