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Karl Blechen
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c.1829
Oil_on_panel
37.5x29cm
Cologne,Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
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Monks at the Gulf of Naples
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c.1829
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37.5x29cm
Cologne,Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
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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
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