Carl Wilhelm Kolbe (1757–1835): A Pioneer of Romantic Landscape Carl Wilhelm Kolbe (born November 20, 1757, Berlin; died January 13, 1835, Dessau) was a German etcher and graphic artist who stands as a pivotal figure in the transition from Neoclassicism to Romanticism within Prussian art. Though overshadowed by his more celebrated nephew, Daniel Chodowiecki—a fellow artist and collaborator—Kolbe’s meticulous observation of nature and…