Carl Blechen

Carl Blechen
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Self-portrait (1825)
Born
Carl Eduard Ferdinand Blechen

(1798-07-29)29 July 1798
Cottbus, Kingdom of Prussia
Died23 July 1840(1840-07-23) (aged 41)
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)painter, professor

Carl Eduard Ferdinand Blechen (29 July 1798 – 23 July 1840) was a German landscape painter and a professor at the Academy of Arts, Berlin.[1] His distinctive style was characteristic of the Romantic ideals of natural beauty.

  1. ^ Rave, Paul Ortwin (1955), "Blechen, Karl", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 2, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 295; (full text online)