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

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...