Carl Blechen. The Amalfi sketchbook
The Amalfi sketchbook is arguably the highlight of the Akademie der Künste’s collection of artworks by Carl Blechen (1798-1840). The entire bequest comprises about 200 works, altogether, including about 40 oil sketches. In 61 delicate drawings, executed in sepia ink over preliminary sketches in pencil, the artist captured the landscape he roamed on a trip to Italy in 1829. Blechen acted as professor of landscape painting from 1831 and was appointed member of the Prussian Academy of Arts in 1835.