View in the Tiergarten, Berlin

ca. 1825

Not on view

Blechen painted this sketch in the largest public park in Berlin. Different combinations of light, foliage, and water prompted him to vary his brushwork, which is especially lively where the tips of the branches alternate with reflections on the pond's surface. The artist’s appreciation for the spontaneity of sketching out of doors was galvanized by his encounter with Johan Christian Dahl, whom he met in Dresden in 1823.

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Title: View in the Tiergarten, Berlin
Artist: Karl Blechen (German, Cottbus 1798–1840 Berlin)
Date: ca. 1825
Medium: Oil on paper
Dimensions: 9 7/8 x 14 in. (25.1 x 35.6 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Thaw Collection, Jointly Owned by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Morgan Library & Museum, Gift of Eugene V. Thaw, 2009
Object Number: 2009.400.8
Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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