The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near Potsdam  1834

by Carl Blechen

Carl Blechen is regarded as a pivotal figure in nineteenth-century German painting; his short career marks the transition from Romanticism to a more realistic view of nature. Although he is best known for scenes in which a carefully observed Italian landscape served as the backdrop for mysterious or nostalgic figures, [i]The Palm House[/i] represents an important detour in...
Size: 
52 1/2 x 50 in. (135 x 126 cm)
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago