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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2159 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Brasov - 1974 Wehr a.R. Farmer couple. Oil on masonite. Signed upper right. H 60, | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2028 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Kronstadt - 1974 Wehr a.R. Workers at the end of the shift. Oil on burlap. Signed lower right and badly ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2139 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Kronstadt - 1974 Wehr a.R. Flower bouquet in spherical vase. Oil on burlap. Signed lower right. H 30, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2140 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Kronstadt - 1974 Wehr a.R. On the way to the market. Watercolour and gouache on cream wove paper, mounted ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2024 (Spring Auctions Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Brasov - 1976 Wehr am Rhein. Peasant woman with child. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. DDDD1885 Brasov - ... | |||
Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2030 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Brasov - 1976 Wehr am Rhein. E Woman with red head scarf. Gouache on paper. Signed lower left. Provenance: ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1050 (Autumn Auctions Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Brasov - 1976 Wehr am Rhein. Cacti. Watercolour on paper. Signed lower right. Passepartout. DDDD1885 Brasov ... | |||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1710 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Kronstadt - 1976 Wehr am Rhein. Öl/Lw. Im Sonnenblumengarten. Kniestück einer sitzenden jungen Frau mit weißem ... | |||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2163 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Kronstadt - 1976 Wehr am Rhein. Öl/Lw. Lesende. Auf einem Sofa an einem Kaffeetischchen Zeitungsleserin im ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2171 (Spring Sale Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Kronstadt - 1976 Wehr am Rhein. Öl/Lw. Auf grünen und roten Stoffbahnen liegender weiblicher Akt mit ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2291 (Winter Sale Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Kronstadt - 1976 Wehr am Rhein. Aquarell und Kohlezeichnung. Blick auf einen von kahlen jungen Buchen ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2292 (Winter Sale Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Kronstadt - 1976 Wehr am Rhein. Öl/Lw. Interieurszene mit Ganzfigurenporträt einer sitzenden jungen Frau in ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2742 (Autumn Sale Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Kronstadt - 1976 Wehr am Rhein. Öl/Lw. "Frau und Blumen". Hinter einer kugeligen Glasvase mit Tulpen, ... |
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