Carl Blechen

German · 1798–1840 · Painter, Printmaker

Carl Eduard Ferdinand Blechen was a German landscape painter and a professor at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. His distinctive style was characteristic of the Romantic ideals of… (Wikipedia)

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Carl Eduard Ferdinand Blechen 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.

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Born 1798, CottbusDied 1840, BerlinOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q149571 ↗ULAN 500009469 ↗Museum works 15

Also known as Blechen, Blechen Karl, c. blechen, Carl Eduard Ferdinand Blechen, eduard ferdinand blechen, K. E. F. Blechen, Karl Blechen, Karl Edmund Ferdinand Blechen and 1 other name form

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

Carl Blechen, A Ruined Church in the Forest — **A Ruined Church in the Forest**c. 1834 · brush and brown ink and watercolor over graphite on light gray wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Per…

Carl Blechen, David and Bathsheba — **David and Bathsheba**1825/1828 · pen and brown ink with brown wash over graphite on laid paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Wolfgang Ratjen Collection, Patrons' Per…

Carl Blechen, The Monastery in the Forest — **The Monastery in the Forest**1823 · etching on chine collé
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen — Open Access (…

Carl Blechen, Untitled — **Untitled**1823
Führermuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Führermuseum

Carl Blechen, "Tarantella" Merry-society at Italian shore — **"Tarantella" Merry-society at Italian shore**1823
Führermuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Führermuseum

Carl Blechen, Winterlandscape + wanderer — **Winterlandscape + wanderer**1823
Führermuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Führermuseum

Carl Blechen, the construction of the devil-bridge — **the construction of the devil-bridge**1823
Führermuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Führermuseum

Carl Blechen, boat at the coast — **boat at the coast**1823
Führermuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Führermuseum

Carl Blechen, The Valley of Mills near Amalfi — **The Valley of Mills near Amalfi**1830
Führermuseum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Führermuseum

Carl Blechen, Pond with forest and houses — **Pond with forest and houses**
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

Carl Blechen, The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near Potsdam — **The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near Potsdam**1834 · Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Through prior acquisitions of the George F. Harding…

Carl Blechen, Church and Graveyard in the Snow by Moonlight — **Church and Graveyard in the Snow by Moonlight**1827 · Lithograph, with gray tone block on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Suzanne Lord Folds, Harold Joachim, William McCalli…

Carl Blechen, Pilgrim in the Woods — **Pilgrim in the Woods**1825 · Lithograph in black and blue on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and…

Carl Blechen, Ruins of a Castle — **Ruins of a Castle**1825/27 · Lithograph with olive-green tint stone, heightened with white gouache, on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and…

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

Carl Blechen

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