Carl Blechen

Carl Blechen was a German, Romantic landscape painters in the first half of the 19th century. Without receiving any formal training, Blechen was appointed as a painting professor at Berlin’s Academy of Arts—a rare accomplishment for an academy outsider. As part of the Romantic movement, Blechen believed that capturing the overwhelming beauty of nature in a painting was a method to bring both artist and viewer closer to God. Unfortunately, Blechen suffered from frequent bouts of depression and stays in the hospital, ultimately passing away at 42.