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. | 3225 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Wagner, Günter Born 1955 Karlsruhe, lives and works in Bruchsal. «Brothers». Granite, coated with iron, and patinated lead ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3226 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Wagner, Günter Born 1955 Karlsruhe, lives and works in Bruchsal. «17/2007». Granite gravels, coated with iron, and patinated ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3227 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Wagner, Günter Born 1955 Karlsruhe, lives and works in Bruchsal. «No. 15 2009». Granite paving stone, coated with iron, and ... | starting price: 450,- EUR | ||
Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2169 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Wagner, Günter Born 1955 Karlsruhe, lives and works in Bruchsal. «Berührung (touch)». 1997. Rust brown patinated iron. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2170 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Wagner, Günter Born 1955 Karlsruhe, lives and works in Bruchsal. «Conte e Contessa». 2002. Rust-brown patinated iron. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2171 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Wagner, Günter Born 1955 Karlsruhe, lives and works in Bruchsal. «Bleiarbeit 5/2008 (Triptychon) (lead work 5/2008 - ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2172 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Wagner, Günter Born 1955 Karlsruhe, lives and works in Bruchsal. «Labyrinth-Findlinge (labyrinth-boulders)». Ensemble of four ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2173 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Wagner, Günter Born 1955 Karlsruhe, lives and works in Bruchsal. «Stehender III (Hommage à Rodins Balzac) (standing figure III - ... | |||
Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021 Religion Art, Arts and Crafts | ||||
3185 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Babberger, August 1885 Hausen i. Wiesental - 1936 Altdorf. Head with aureole. After 1920. Polychrome and golden glass mosaic on ... | ||||
Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
3315 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Hauptmann, Karl 1880 «Herzogenhorn (Feldberg)». Summit cross in winter twilight against ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018 Art Nouveau, Art déco and Design | ||||
3034 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Sitzender Bär Sitting bear. Model by C. Wagner for Rupp & Moeller Kunstgewerbliche Abteilung, Karlsruhe 1922. Brown-grey marble. ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015 Old Prints | ||||
4446 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Wagner, Johann Peter 1802 Mannheim - 1847 Karlsruhe. «Das Badische Haus (the House of Baden)». Etching on wove paper. Signed, dated and ... | ||||
Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
4739 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Wagner, Karl 1877 Gochsheim - 1942 Karlsruhe. E Under the tree. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Minor retouching. ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
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1726 (Spring Auctions Wagner, Karl 1839 Karlsruhe - 1923 D¸sseldorf. E Dutch harbour scenery. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. ... | ||||
1727 (Spring Auctions Wagner, Karl attr. 1839 Karlsruhe - 1923 D¸sseldorf. E Romantic harbour scene in evening mood. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Provenance: ... | ||||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
1617 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Wagner, Karl 1839 Karlsruhe - 1923 Düsseldorf. Öl/Holz. «Marine bei Rotterdam». Niederländische Hafenansicht mit Häusern, ... | ||||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
2107 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Wagner, Karl 1839 Karlsruhe - 1923 Düsseldorf. Öl/Holz. «Marine bei Rotterdam». Niederländische Hafenansicht mit Häusern, ... | starting price: 1500,- EUR | |||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Paintings and Drawings 15th to 18th Century | ||||
1687 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Wagner, Karl 1839 Karlsruhe - 1923 Düsseldorf. Öl/Holz. «Marine bei Rotterdam». Niederländische Hafenansicht mit Häusern, ... | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
Autumn Sale | ||||
2504 (Autumn Sale Wagner, Karl Geb. 1864 Neustadt/Orla. Öl/Lw., teils randdoubl. Frühlingshafte Waldlandschaft mit von Seeblumen bewachsenem ... | starting price: 500,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2108 (Autumn Sale Wagner, Karl Geb. 1877 Gochsheim. Öl/Malkarton. Brustporträt eines Mannes in dunklem Mantel sowie mit Hut und goldenem Monokel, ... |
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