All Karl Blechen's oil paintings
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52454 Alpine Pass in Winter with Monks Alpine Pass in Winter with Monks 1833 Watercolour on pencil, 230 x 320 mm
62877 Building the Devil's Bridge Building the Devil's Bridge 1833 Oil on canvas, cm Neue Pinakothek, Munich At first sight the picture seems full of mystery, indeed it creates a sense of unease. The very title seems designed to evoke a shudder, and this impression is strengthened by the darkening evening with its long shadows, and above all, the building crane, which looks like a gallows. The viewer may well be attracted to the Romantic mood of the painting, but the true message is clear, and it is rather sombre. Man is bringing even the most distant and seemingly inaccessible regions under control through civilization and technical advance, and he is mastering the aspects of nature that have till now seemed unapproachable and fearful. But there is also allegory here - it is in the reference to transience. The new bridge that is being built will one day be as crumbling as the old one is now. Artist: BLECHEN, Karl Title: Building the Devil's Bridge , painting Date: 1801-1850 German : landscape
44225 Building the Devil-s Bridge Building the Devil-s Bridge 1833 Oil on canvas
44223 Gorge at Amalfi Gorge at Amalfi 1831 Oil on canvas, 110,3 x 77,5 cm
44221 Grotto in the Gulf of Naples Grotto in the Gulf of Naples 1829 Oil on oak panel, 37,5 x 29 cm
44224 In the Palm House in Potsdam In the Palm House in Potsdam 1832-34 Oil on canvas, 64 x 56 cm
33907 Monks at the Gulf of Naples Monks at the Gulf of Naples mk87 c.1829 Oil on panel 37.5x29cm Cologne,Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
21407 Monks at the Gulf of Naples (mk09) Monks at the Gulf of Naples (mk09) c 1829 Oil on panel,37.5 x 29 cm Colgne,Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
44226 Scaffold in Storm Scaffold in Storm 1833-35 Oil on paper mounted on cardboard, 29,5 x 46 cm
21408 The Gardens of the Villa d'Este (mk09) The Gardens of the Villa d'Este (mk09) c 1830 Oil on canvas,126 x 93 cm Berlin,Nationalgalerie,Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz
33908 The Gardens of the Villa d-Este The Gardens of the Villa d-Este mk87 c.1830 Oil on canvas 126x93cm Berlin,Nationalgalerie,Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz
44227 The Woods near Spandau The Woods near Spandau 1834 Oil on canvas, 73 x 102 cm
Karl Blechen
German Romantic, 1798-1840 sometimes given as Karl Blechen, was a German painter, specializing in fantastic landscapes, sometimes with demons and grotesque figures. Born in Cottbus, he drew the attention of prominent architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who cast him as a decorative painter. Blechen however aimed for higher work and began producing landscape paintings. In 1827 he went to Italy . Related Artists to : | Hendrik Valkenburg | Abraham Govaerts | Joseph Esperlin | Gerrit van Honthorst | Leslie Ward |