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  “The Soul of Nature,” the Met’s retrospective of nearly 40 of Friedrich’s paintings and more than 30 of his drawings and watercolors, marks the 250th year since the artist’s birth in 1774. While only five paintings among Friedrich’s enormous output has made their way into US museums, his influence has been huge—in fact, his work was the inspiration for Disney’s Fantasia, as well as countless posters, book covers, and other dorm-room ep...