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Carl Eduard Ferdinand Blechen (29 July 1798 – 23 July 1840) was a German landscape painter and a professor at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. His distinctive style was characteristic of the Romantic ideals of natural beauty.
Learn about Carl Blechen, a professor of landscape painting at the Berlin Academy who painted natural beauty and early industrialization. See his 36 artworks, biography, Wikipedia article and references.
- German
- July 29, 1798
- Cottbus, Germany
- July 23, 1840
Learn about Carl Blechen (1798-1840), a leading German artist of his generation who painted free and vivid landscape oil sketches in Italy. See his self portrait and other works at the National Gallery, London.
Carl Blechen populated his dazzlingly specific place-portrait with a leisure scene derived from colonialist fantasies of non-European women. The artist dressed the figures in rich textiles that echo the building’s colors and motifs, as if he considered them an extension of the décor.
Carl Blechen. Also known as. Karl Blechen, Carl Eduard Ferdinand Blechen. Date of birth. 1798. Date of death. 1840.
View Carl Blechen’s artworks on artnet. Learn about the artist and find an in-depth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices.
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Carl Blechen: The Amalfi Sketchbook. 29.01.2010 to 11.04.2010. Alte Nationalgalerie. Carl Blechen’s 'Amalfi Sketchbook’ is one of the outstanding artistic fruits of his Italian journey in 1828 and ranks as one of the most important achievements in the art of drawing in the 19th century.
