Carl Spitzweg
5th February 1808 – 23th September 1885
Carl Spitzweg was born on 5th of February in 1808 in Unterpfaffenhofen, Bavaria. Although trained as a chemist, he discovered quite early his talent for drawing and his affinity with art. Spitzweg travelled extensively during his lifetime and the impressions formed by his travels greatly influenced his work. Shortly after completing his studies in pharmaceutics in 1832, he visited Italy. It was particularly in the cities of Florence, Rome, and Naples that he discovered the many significant works of Western culture which were to leave a permanent imprint on him.
A severe case of dysentery in 1833 strengthened his resolve to abandon his career as a chemist and he proceeded to commit himself solely to his painting. In June 1835, he became a member of the Munich Art Association and travelled that same year to southern Tirol with the landscape painter Eduard Schleich, the Elder.
In 1839 he completed his first painting entitled ''The Poor Poet'. Although this recurring motif would later be considered his most well-known body of work, the painting was not accepted at this time by the jury of the Munich Art Association.
As regards his graphic production, the first publication in 1844 of his own illustrations in the Munich weekly paper 'Fliegende Blätter' is considered quite significant. His visits to the Industrial Exposition in Paris and the World's Fair exhibition in London in 1851 were his first contact with the Oriental scenes which would begin to inform his work.
To the deserving painter were bestowed numerous honours during the second half of Spitzweg's lifetime: in 1865 the Bavarian Royal Merit Order of St. Michael was conferred upon him, and in 1875 he was named an honorary member of the Academy of Fine Arts.
Carl Spitzweg died on 23th of September in 1885 and was entombed in the historic South Cemetery in Munich.
He leaves behind a body of work dedicated to the townspeople who inhibit his genre scenes, and with acute and pointed, but never ill-natured humour he portrays the everday bourgeois life of his time.
Lit: Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Verzeichnis der Werke, Gemälde und Aquarelle, Stuttgart: Belser, 2002.
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Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Wrist Watches | ||||
1441 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Montblanc chronograph gents' wristwatch «Meisterstück 4810» Le Locle 2005. Stainless steel. Round case with glass back, crown set with white Montblanc emblem. Black dial with ... | ||||
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3183 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Mother of God Hodegetria of Smolensk with oklad Moscow 1893. Egg tempera over chalk ground on panel and gilt silver 84 zolotnik. Mother of God Hodegetria of Smolensk ... | ||||
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Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Paintings and Drawings 15th to 18th Century | ||||
3217 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Algardi, Alessandro after 1598 Bologna - 1654 Rome. The flight of Attila. Oil on canvas, relined. Unsigned. Restored. H 168, | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
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3299 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Kochanowski, Roman Kazimierz 1856 Krakow - 1945 Freising. Bearded old man with fur cap. Oil on panel. Signed lower left. H 13, | ||||
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1283 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Montblanc Meisterstück fountain pen «Voltaire» Hamburg 1995. Yellow gold 18k (nib), gilt sterling silver (hardware) and precious resin. Monogram «W.B.». Hallmark, ... | starting price: 400,- EUR | |||
1284 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Montblanc Meisterstück fountain pen «No 149» Hamburg before 1990. Red gold 14k (nib), gilt sterling silver (clip) and precious resin. Hallmark, manufacturer's ... | ||||
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Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019 Books and Atlases | ||||
3244 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Local-Geschichte der Stadt Straßburg Published by Johann Andreas Silbermann. Printed by Jonas Lorenz, Strasbourg 1775. 232 | ||||
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3045 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Salzière mit Glaseinsätzen Salt cellar with glass inserts. Ambroise Mignerot, Paris circa 1797. Silver 950 and blue glass. Holder pierced with ... | ||||
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3064 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Henkelvase mit floralem Dekor Handled vase with floral decoration. Ivan Dmitryevich Saltykov, Moscow 1878. Silver 84 zolotnik. Round base, bulbous ... | ||||
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3276 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Mandylion mit Riza und aufgesetzten Strahlennimben Mandylion with riza and attached halos. Probably Russia | ||||
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3290 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Rizaikone der Gottesmutter Iwerskaja Mother of God Iverskaya with riza. Russia 1880. Egg tempera over chalk and gold ground on panel, and silver 84 ... | ||||
3291 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Gottesmutter Iwerskaja mit Riza Mother of God Iverskaya with riza. Moscow 1789. Egg tempera over chalk ground on panel, and gilt silver. Mother of God ... | ||||
3293 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Gottesmutter Nikopeia mit Riza Mother of God Nikopoia with riza. Moscow 1829. Egg tempera over chalk ground on panel, and silver 84 zolotnik. Mother ... | ||||
3295 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Okladikone der Gottesmutter Vladimirskaja Vladimirskaya with oklad. Russia | ||||
3296 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Gottesmutter «Trost aller Leidenden» mit Oklad Mother of God «Comfort for all the Suffering» with oklad. St. Petersburg circa 1820. Egg tempera over chalk ground on ... | ||||
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3322 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Heiliger Georg mit Riza Saint George with riza. Balkan | ||||
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3358 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Kleines Runddeckelkästchen mit Porträtbüsten Small box with arched lid and portrait busts. France | ||||
Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016 Jewellery | ||||
1145 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Rubin-Brillant-Ring Ruby diamond ring. Germany 1990s. White gold 14k, three rubies weighing | ||||
1240 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Höfische Diamant-Opal-Brosche Courtly diamond opal brooch. Court jeweller Adolf Kühn, | ||||
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3308 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Reichmann, Georg Friedrich 1798 Münden - 1853 Hannover. «Das Eierlieschen». Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Verso on the stretcher two old ... |
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