Karl Blechen c 1830
Oil on canvas,126 x 93 cm
Berlin,Nationalgalerie,Staatliche Museen zu Berlin-Preussischer Kulturbesitz The Gardens of the Villa d'Este (mk09) 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
