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

The Bay of Rapallo

1829-30
Oil on wood, 25 x 34 cm
Nationalgalerie, Berlin

After 1829-29 Blechen's impressions of his travels in Italy were already taking him to the verge of naturalism.Occasionally his effects are theatrical, but these derive from the drama of nature itself, like the coming thunderstorm in this picture.




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