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 24.11–25.11.2023 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3001 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Bissier, Julius 1893 Untitled from «Gefäße (vessels)». Around 1963/64. Lithograph on ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3011 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Miró, Joan 1893 Barcelona - 1983 Palma de Mallorca. Untitled from «Ubu aux Baléares». 1971. Colour lithograph on Arches ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3018 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Schröder-Sonnenstern, Friedrich 1892 Kaukehmen by Tilsit - 1982 Berlin. «Die Göttin der Eile (the goddess of haste)». «Mondelinchen, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3019 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Schröder-Sonnenstern, Friedrich 1892 Kaukehmen by Tilsit - 1982 Berlin. «Die Flucht vor dem Weibe (the flight from the woman)». 1973. Colour ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3035 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. «Schwarzer Kopf (black head)». 1968. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3036 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. Untitled from «Symbiosion». 1967. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3071 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Brodwolf, Jürgen Born 1932 Dübendorf, lives and works in Kandern. Medallion. Mixed media with acrylic, oil and relief structure ... | starting price: 2000,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3089 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Förg, Günther 1952 Füssen - 2013 Untitled. Orange - green - black. Gouache on strong wove paper. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3091 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Francis, Sam 1923 San Mateo - 1994 Santa Monica. Untitled from «Michel Waldberg: Poèmes dans le ciel». 1986. Colour ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3092 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Francis, Sam 1923 San Mateo - 1994 Santa Monica. Untitled from «Michel Waldberg: Poèmes dans le ciel». 1986. Lithograph on ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3112 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Hafif, Marcia 1929 Pomona - 2018 Laguna Beach. «William Korn's crayon, Lithographie, Ombre brûlée». Colour lithograph on ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3113 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Hafif, Marcia 1929 Pomona - 2018 Laguna Beach. «Caran d'Ache, Lithographie, Noir». Lithograph on strong BFK Rives wove paper ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3114 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Hafif, Marcia 1929 Pomona - 2018 Laguna Beach. «Pointe acier, Gravure lithographique, Noir». Lithograph on strong BFK Rives ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3115 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Hafif, Marcia 1929 Pomona - 2018 Laguna Beach. «Pinceau et encre, Lithographie, Ocre jaune». Colour lithograph on strong BFK ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3116 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Hafif, Marcia 1929 Pomona - 2018 Laguna Beach. «Stylo à plume, Lithographie, Bleu foncé». Colour lithograph on strong BFK ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3121 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Hartung, Hans 1904 Leipzig - 1989 Antibes. Untitled. Composition in green, yellow and blue. Colour lithograph on wove paper. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3122 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Hartung, Hans 1904 Leipzig - 1989 Antibes. «L 1973-51». Lithograph on BFK Rives wove paper (watermark). Signed lower right. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3127 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Hundertwasser, Friedensreich 1928 Vienna - 2000 on the Queen Elizabeth II off New Zealand. «10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do». ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3129 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Hundertwasser, Friedensreich 1928 Vienna - 2000 on the Queen Elizabeth II off New Zealand. «10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you do». ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3131 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Hundertwasser, Friedensreich 1928 Vienna - 2000 on the Queen Elizabeth II off New Zealand. «10002 nights Homo Humus come va how do you ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3176 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Penck, A.R., i.e. Ralf Winkler 1939 Dresden - 2017 Zurich. Untitled from «Kopenhagen Suite». 1995. Colour lithograph on laid paper. Signed ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3192 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Santomaso, Giuseppe 1907 Venice - 1990 ibid. Untitled. Colour lithograph on Fabriano strong wove paper (watermark). Signed lower ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3216 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Tübke, Werner 1929 Schönebeck/Elbe - 2004 Leipzig. «Eine Auffindung (a discovery)» from «10 Lithographien II (10 lithographs ... | |||
Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2001 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Chagall, Marc 1887 Witebsk - 1985 Saint-Paul-de-Vence. «Cheval bleu au couple (blue horse with couple)». August 1982. Colour ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2005 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Dalì, Salvador 1904 Figueres - 1989 ibid. «Auvergne» from «S.N.C.F. (Suite Papillon)». 1969. Colour lithograph with colour ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2010 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Heckel, Erich 1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell. «Bäume am See (trees by the lake)». Lithograph in three colours presumably on BFK ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2016 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Léger, Fernand 1881 Argentan - 1955 Gif-sur-Yvette. «Patience - Bannières de Mai» from «Les illuminations». 1948/49. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2018 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Miró, Joan 1893 Barcelona - 1983 Palma de Mallorca. Untitled from «Ubu aux Baléares». 1971. Colour lithograph on Arches ... | starting price: 1800,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2019 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Miró, Joan 1893 Barcelona - 1983 Palma de Mallorca. Untitled from «L'enfance d'Ubu». 1975. Colour lithograph on strong ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2020 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Miró, Joan 1893 Barcelona - 1983 Palma de Mallorca. «Sculptures» II. 1974. Colour lithograph on strong wove paper. Signed ... | omitte |
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