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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3105 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Tasse und Unterschale mit Kauffahrteiszenen Cup and saucer with Kauffahrtei scenes. Meissen circa 1730. Porcelain, painted in polychrome colours and gold. ... | ||||
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4113 (Spring Auctions Kaffee- und Teekännchen Small coffee and tea pot. KPM, Berlin late 18th and | ||||
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4172 (Autumn Auctions Tasse mit Untertasse Cup with saucer. Nyon | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
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1330 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Hebdomas-8-Tage-Herrentaschenuhr Hebdomas 8 days gent's pocket watch. Switzerland second half 20th C. Gilt stainless steel. Eight-day movement, ... | ||||
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1428 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Schwarzwälder Barockschilduhr Wall clock. Black Forest circa 1890. Wood, carved and painted, and iron. Eight-day movement, half hour striking on a ... | ||||
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4340 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Blumenteller Plate, decorated with flowers. Probably Delft 18th C. Pottery, blue painted. Provenance: formerly private collection ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | |||
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2195 (Autumn Auctions Zuckerstreuer Sugar caster. Meissen circa 1770. Painted and gilt porcelain. Crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue. Minor ... | ||||
2203 (Autumn Auctions Deckelterrine Tureen and cover. KPM, Berlin late 19th C. Polychromatic painted and gilt porcelain. Sceptre mark in underglaze-blue ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
2206 (Autumn Auctions Konvolut Geschirr Parts of a service. Meissen and KPM, Berlin late 19th/20th C. Polychromatic painted and gilt porcelain. 30 pieces. ... | ||||
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0263 (Spring Auctions Zwei Vasen mit Blumen A pair of vases with flowers. Meissen mid 18th c. Painted and gilt porcelain. Crossed swords mark in ... | ||||
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0292 (Spring Auctions Prunkdeckelterrine Tureen with cover. Meissen mid 18th c. Painted and gilt porcelain and silver 950. Crossed swords mark in ... | ||||
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0322 (Spring Auctions Zierteller Dish with flowers. Meissen late 19th/early 20th c. Painted porcelain. Crossed swords mark in ... | ||||
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1206 (Spring Auctions Tek-Sing-Teller und Deckeldose Plate and box of the Tek Sing. China 19th c. Blue painted porcelain. Provenance: Nagel Auktionen, 11.2000, lot ... | ||||
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0374 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Solitär KPM, Berlin | ||||
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