Karl Blechen
Born: Cottbus, 29 July 1798
Died: Berlin, 23 July 1840
Nationality: German
Died: Berlin, 23 July 1840
Nationality: German
Studies:
Akademie der Künste (art academy) (1822-24, Berlin)
Career:
1814-22 - banker
1824 - exhibits at Berlin art academy; set designer at Königstadt Theater (job secured with Karl Friedrich Schinkel's help) until 1827
1826 member of Association of Berlin Artists (Verein Berliner Künstler)
1827 - moves to Berlin
1831 - appointed professor of lansdcape painting at Berlin academy
1836 - signs of mental illness, resigns from academy
1837 - enters mental institution
1838 - produces last drawings
Travels
Dresden and Saxony (1823); Pomerania (1828); Italy and Rome (1828-29); Paris (1835)
Commissions from:
Friedrich Wilhelm III (King of Prussia)
Important Artworks:
Gulf of La Spezia, c. 1830 (Nationalgalerie, Berlin)
Palm House on the Peacock Island near Potsdam, 1834 (Schloss Sanssouci, Potsdam)
Bathers at Terni , 1835ff. (4 large, 5 small versions)
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