Carl Blechen, 1834 - The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near Potsdam - fine art print

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The over 180 year old artwork named The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel Near Potsdam was made by the realist painter Carl Blechen. The original version was made with the size: 135 × 126 cm (52 1/2 × 50 in). Oil on canvas was applied by the painter as the technique for the masterpiece. This piece of art belongs to the digital art collection of Art Institute Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. With courtesy of - Art Institute Chicago (licensed - public domain). Furthermore, the work of art has the creditline: Through prior acquisitions of the George F. Harding Collection; L.L. and A.S. Coburn and Alexander A. McKay endowments; through prior gift of William Wood Prince; through prior acquisitions of the Charles H. and Mary F.S. Worcester Endowment. Besides, the alignment is square and has an aspect ratio of 1 : 1, meaning that the length is equal to the width. The painter Carl Blechen was a European artist, whose artistic style can be attributed mainly to Realism. The Realist artist lived for a total of 42 years - born in the year 1798 in cottbus and passed away in 1840.

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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, The Palm House represents an important detour in his work. In 1832 Blechen was commissioned by Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia (r. 1797–1840) to paint two views of an exotic pleasure building recently constructed near Potsdam. The architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel designed the Palm House for the king’s collection of palms. It was situated on the Pfaueninsel, or Peacock Island, a favorite royal retreat dotted with whimsical buildings such as a tiny castle and a Gothic dairy. Blechen’s painting is both a record of the building, with its lush palms and fragments of an Indian temple, and an evocation of a fantasy world peopled by beautiful women purposefully playing to the viewer’s imagination. After completing two exquisite, small paintings for the king, Blechen made this grand version for public viewing. The Palm House was one of the artist’s most ambitious statements, for he soon succumbed to melancholy and madness.

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