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 19.–20.11.2021 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
3266 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1905 Vienna. «Aus den Vogesen (from the Vosges)». Oil on panel. Signed lower left «L. ... | ||||
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4449 (Spring Auctions Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1905 Wien. Lake in the high mountain. Oil on canvas. Signed «J. Rollin» lower right. Karl ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
5509 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Kaufmann, Karl attr. 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. The rescue. Oil on canvas. Inscribed «F. Rodeck» lower left. DDDD1843 ... | starting price: 3500,- EUR | |||
5510 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. Nymph with putti. Oil on canvas, wax relined. Signed lower right. Retouching and ... | ||||
5511 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. «Frühling - Ardennen (spring - Ardennes)» and «Sommer (summer)». Oil on panel. ... | ||||
Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
4678 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. E «Frühling - Ardennen (spring - Ardennes)» und «Sommer (summer)». Oil on panel. ... | starting price: 1400,- EUR | |||
Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1848 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. Maritime Szene in Abendstimmung. Öl/Holz. Zwei Segelboote und ein Dampfschlepper ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1849 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. Am Hafen. Öl/Lw. Vor dem Hintergrund eines belebten Hafens mit zahlreichen Schiffen ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1850 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. Promenade in Süditalien. Öl/Lw. In freundlichen Pastelltönen gemalte Ansicht einer ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2214 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. Öl/Holz. Gebirgslandschaft. An einem felsigen Seeufer vor einer kleinen Hütte eine ... | starting price: 1200,- EUR | ||
2219 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Kögler, Kaspar 1838 Molsberg - 1923 Wiesbaden. Öl/Holz. Schützenscheibe. Vor weiter Landschaft an einer Absperrung stehend ein ... | starting price: 1800,- EUR | |||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1461 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. Öl/Lw. Nächtliche Straße. Im Schein von Gaslaternen Passanten auf einer Allee. U.r. ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | ||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1979 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. Öl/Lw. Hafenvedute. Boote, Lagerhäuser, im Hintergrund die Stadt. U.r. sign. «C. ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1980 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. Öl/Holz. Orientalische Hafenstadt. An einem steilen Ufer Moscheen und Paläste, auf ... | |||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Paintings and Drawings 15th to 18th Century | ||||
1557 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. Öl/Holz. Ansicht einer italienischen Stadt am Wasser mit zahlreichen Booten und ... | ||||
1558 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. Öl/Lw. Niederländische Hafenstadt. Unter sommerlichem Himmel Blick auf eine ... | ||||
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1875 (Autumn Auction Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. Öl/Lw. Von Birken umstandener Weiher in herbstlicher Landschaft. Im Hintergrund ... | ||||
1876 (Autumn Auction Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. Öl/Lw. In Vorfrühlingslandschaft Bäuerin auf einem Waldweg nahe einem Gehöft ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1875 (Autumn Sale Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. Öl/Lw. Fjordlandschaft. Im Vordergrund Mann in einem Nachen, zum anderen Ufer ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1876 (Autumn Sale Kaufmann, Karl 1843 Neuplachowitz - 1901 Wien. Öl/Lw. Sonnige Fjordlandschaft mit zwei Ruderbooten auf dem Wasser. U.r. sign. ... | starting price: 1400,- EUR |
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