The Watzmann and Goell, near Berchtesgaden by Frederic Edwin Church, 1868 Size:14x24in (36x60cm) while the walls of the

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The Watzmann and Goell, near Berchtesgaden by Frederic Edwin Church, 1868 Size:14x24in (36x60cm) while the walls of theThe Watzmann and Goell, near Berchtesgaden (1868) by Frederic Edwin Church captures the majestic sweep of the Bavarian Alps at the height of the Romantic era. Church, a leading light of the Hudson River School, was famed for his luminous, intricately observed landscapes that marry topographic exactitude with a stirring sense of the sublime. Here, the craggy shoulders of the Watzmann massif rise beyond rolling foothills, while warm alpine light softens