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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5574 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Aquarellist Watercolourist first half 20th C. Riverside. Watercolour on paper. Indistinctly signed and dated (19)29 lower left. ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2002 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Aquarellist Watercolour painter 20th C. «Sommerblumen (summer flowers)». Watercolour on paper. Indistinctly signed and dated ... | |||
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4753 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Aquarellist Watercolourist first half 20th C. Riverside. Watercolour on paper. Indistinctly signed and dated (19)29 lower left. ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | |||
4754 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Aquarellist Watercolourist 20th C. Flower still life. Watercolour on paper. Unsigned. Passepartout. Provenance: private collection ... | ||||
4775 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Müller, (?) Swabian watercolourist mid 20th C. Landscape with trees. Watercolour on paper. Signed and dated (19)48 lower right. ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1065 (Autumn Auctions Lebenov, H.M. Pushkin square Moscow. Watercolour on paper. Signed and dated 1954 lower right. Passepartout. Provenance: private ... | |||
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1909 (Spring Auctions Aquarellist Watercolour painter 20th c. ´Erlenparkª. Watercolour on paper. Indistinctly signed, titled and dated 15.11.(19)22 ... | ||||
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1925 (Spring Auctions Kierdorf, CÈline Watercolour painter 19th c. Flower still life. Watercolour on paper. Signed lower left. Discolouration. ... | ||||
1928 (Spring Auctions Moderner Aquarellist Modern watercolour painter second half 20th c. Houses beside the sea. Watercolour on paper. Indistinctly signed lower ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
1717 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Aquarellist Kloster im Grünen. Aquarell. Pittoreske Darstellung eines Klosters mit zwei Zwiebeltürmen ... | ||||
1951 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Sain, G. Aquarellist Brücke in südlicher Landschaft. Aquarell auf Bleistiftzeichnung. Blick auf eine ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2145 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Nolde, Emil 1867 Nolde - 1956 Seebüll. Fackellilien. Aquarell/Japanpapier. Vor dem Hintergrund eines leuchtend blauen Meeres ... | |||
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2010 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Heitz Aquarellist Wasserfarben/Papier. Propstei Bürgeln. Vorderansicht des Schlosses mit Parkanlage. ... | ||||
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2161 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Grigorasch, E. Russischer Aquarellist Mischtechnik/Papier. Flusslandschaft. Am Ufer einer kleinen Bucht eine ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
2162 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Grigorasch, E. Russischer Aquarellist Mischtechnik/Papier, auf Karton aufgezogen. Birken am Bach. An einer ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
2163 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Grigorasch, E. Russischer Aquarellist Mischtechnik/Karton. Winterwald. Eine schneebedeckte Lichtung inmitten ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
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1472 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Bleken (?) Aquarellist um 1910. Aquarell. Modeskizze. Auf einer Bank sitzende elegante junge Dame mit flachem Hut und ... | ||||
1501 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Englischer Aquarellist Ende Aquarell. Idyllische Landschaft in Abendstimmung mit kleiner Kate am Waldrand unter ... | ||||
1592 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Malignani, Josip (Giuseppe) Kroatischer Landschaftsmaler und Aquarellist Zwei Aquarelle. Südliche Landschaft mit Burgruine ... | ||||
1601 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Menzinger, Moritz 1832 Karansebes - 1914 Überlingen. Aquarell. In sommerlich grünendem Wald Jägersmann mit seinem Hund auf einem ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | |||
1623 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Oberle, (?) Aquarellist Aquarell. Üppiger Blumenstrauß mit weißen Blüten. U.r. sign. und (19)64 dat. Kl. ... | ||||
1624 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Oberle, (?) Aquarellist Aquarell. Blumenstillleben mit Strauß blühender gelber Rosen in hellgrüner ... | ||||
1625 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Oehme, Ernst Ferdinand 1797 Dresden - 1855 ebd. Öl/Lw. Die alte und die neue Kirche. In stimmungsvoller Abenddämmerung auf schneebedecktem ... | starting price: 120000,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1740 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Hesse, Hermann 1877 Calw - 1962 Montagnola. Aquarell. «Blick in Klingsor's Garten». Blick in abstrahierte Gartenlandschaft mit ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1762 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Meinig, Walter 1902 Dresden - 1987 Freiburg i.Br. Vier Aquarelle. Stillleben mit welkender Sonnenblume in Henkelvase. Idyllische ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1763 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Meinig, Walter 1902 Dresden - 1987 Freiburg i.Br. Öl/Lw. «Santa Maddalena Südtirol». Bergdorf mit Kirche und weißen Häusern vor ... | |||
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1655 (Autumn Auction Cave, Peter Le wohl Tätig 1769 - 1811 in London. Öl/Lw., doubl. Auf der Fähre. In sommerlicher Landschaft von Windmühlen flankierter ... | ||||
1748 (Autumn Auction Baron, Henri Charles Antoine 1816 Besançon - 1885 Genf. Öl/Lw. Vergnügte Szene am Springbrunnen. An einem Brunnen mit liegender Löwenfigur ... | ||||
1754 (Autumn Auction Benesch, Gustav Österreichischer Aquarellist und Vedutenmaler Aquarell. Marktszene mit Blumenverkäuferin im ... |
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