An der Benediktenwand (Blick auf Schlehdorf und den Kochelsee) (1875.)

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Edward Theodore Compton's watercolor painting, "An der Benediktenwand (View of Schlehdorf and Kochelsee)" from 1875, captures a serene vista overlooking the Kochelsee and the village of Schlehdorf in Germany. This piece showcases Compton's adroit use of watercolor to convey the vastness and tranquility of the Bavarian landscape with a poetic touch.From a high vantage point on the Benediktenwand mountain, the viewer's eye is drawn across a sweep of lush, verdant forest opening onto the expansive valley below. Kochelsee glistens in the middle distance, its surface a mirror reflecting the quiet skies above. The layers of the composition create a deep, immersive view, from the rugged, rocky foreground dotted with hearty alpine trees, through the patchwork of fields and clusters of human habitation, to the hazy blue mountains that dissolve into the sky at the horizon.Compton's palette blends natural earth tones with the muted blues and grays of the distant mountains and sky, conveying both the immediate beauty of the alpine environment and its distant, unattainable majesty.

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Edward Theodore Compton, usually referred to as E. T. Compton, (29 July 1849 – 22 March 1921) was an English-born, German artist, illustrator and mountain climber. He is well known for his paintings and drawings of alpine scenery, and as a mountaineer made 300 major ascents including no fewer than 27 first ascents.