Karl Blechen Monks at the Gulf of Naples (mk09) Painting ID:: 21407 new6/Karl Blechen-785868.jpg
Monks at the Gulf of Naples (mk09) c 1829
Oil on panel,37.5 x 29 cm
Colgne,Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
Karl Blechen Monks at the Gulf of Naples Painting ID:: 33907 new9/Karl Blechen-965386.jpg
Monks at the Gulf of Naples mk87
c.1829
Oil on panel
37.5x29cm
Cologne,Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
Karl Blechen The Gardens of the Villa d-Este Painting ID:: 33908 new9/Karl Blechen-636792.jpg
The Gardens of the Villa d-Este mk87
c.1830
Oil on canvas
126x93cm
Berlin,Nationalgalerie,Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Karl Blechen Grotto in the Gulf of Naples Painting ID:: 44221 new16/Karl Blechen-622956.jpg
Grotto in the Gulf of Naples 1829
Oil on oak panel,
37,5 x 29 cm
Karl Blechen Gorge at Amalfi Painting ID:: 44223 new16/Karl Blechen-635422.jpg
Gorge at Amalfi 1831
Oil on canvas,
110,3 x 77,5 cm
Karl Blechen In the Palm House in Potsdam Painting ID:: 44224 new16/Karl Blechen-782274.jpg
In the Palm House in Potsdam 1832-34
Oil on canvas,
64 x 56 cm
Karl Blechen Building the Devil-s Bridge Painting ID:: 44225 new16/Karl Blechen-442276.jpg
Building the Devil-s Bridge 1833
Oil on canvas
Karl Blechen Scaffold in Storm Painting ID:: 44226 new16/Karl Blechen-852292.jpg
Scaffold in Storm 1833-35
Oil on paper mounted on cardboard,
29,5 x 46 cm
Karl Blechen The Woods near Spandau Painting ID:: 44227 new16/Karl Blechen-678645.jpg
The Woods near Spandau 1834
Oil on canvas,
73 x 102 cm
Karl Blechen Alpine Pass in Winter with Monks Painting ID:: 52454 new19/Karl Blechen-673996.jpg
Alpine Pass in Winter with Monks 1833 Watercolour on pencil, 230 x 320 mm
Karl Blechen Building the Devil's Bridge Painting ID:: 62877 new21/Karl Blechen-386758.jpg
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
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