He rejected the overreaching portrayals of nature in its "totality", as found in the work of contemporary painters like Adrian Ludwig Richter (1803–84) and Joseph Anton Koch (1768–1839).
Han afviste de overdrevne afbildninger af naturen i sin "totalitet", som man ser det ved samtidige malere som Adrian Ludwig Richter (1803–84) og Joseph Anton Koch (1768–1839).