Hiker Beside a Torrential River in a German Forest Ceramic Tile

This design features a watercolor painting by the German artist Andreas Achenbach (1815–1910), who was associated with the Romantic movement and the Düsseldorf School of art. It shows a lone male figure who is hiking deep in the wilderness of a remote German woodland. The hiker is standing beside a river that is raging with fast-moving water. The sky is ominous with dark clouds, suggesting that a storm may soon be coming. The image celebrates the smallness of one man striving against the forces of nature. The original artwork was painted by Andreas Achenbach in 1841.