BLECHEN, Karl
(b. 1797, Cottbus, d. 1840, Berlin)

Alpine Pass in Winter with Monks

1833
Watercolour on pencil, 230 x 320 mm
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, Munich

This picture is an impression of the wild region of the Bode Valley in the Harz mountains. The pencil sketch was drawn from nature and later worked up into a more complex picture.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 43 minutes):
Schubert: Songs, transcripted for piano by Franz Liszt