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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Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2035 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. «Kleines stehendes Mädchen mit Apfel II (small standing girl with apple II)». Light ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2036 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. «Stehendes Mädchen, Kore I (standing girl, Kore I)». Dark patinated bronze. Monogrammed ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2021 (Autumn Auctions Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. «Aufschauender Knabe (boy looking up)». Bronze with dark patina. Monogrammed on the ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2026 (Spring Auctions Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. «Stehendes Mädchen, Kore II (standing girl, Kore II)». Bronze with dark patina. ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1055 (Autumn Auctions Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. «Portraitbüste Ottilie Kasper (portrait bust of Ottilie Kasper)». Patinated bronze. ... | starting price: 4500,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1056 (Autumn Auctions Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. «Mädchenbüste Hildchen (bust of a girl Hildchen)». Patinated bronze. Verso monogrammed ... | starting price: 5000,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1057 (Autumn Auctions Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. «Stehendes Mädchen, Kore I (standing girl)». Patinated bronze. Monogrammed «K» on the ... | starting price: 14000,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1058 (Autumn Auctions Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. «Arethusa». Patinated bronze. Monogrammed «K» on the plinth and foundry stamp «Guss ... | starting price: 15000,- EUR | ||
Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2100 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. «Mädchenbüste Hildchen». Bronze, patiniert. Büste eines Mädchens im Hemd. Verso monogr. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2101 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. «Arethusa». Bronze, patiniert. Auf Plinthe, kniendes unbekleidetes Mädchen mit langem ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2102 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. «Stehendes Mädchen, Kore I». Bronze, patiniert. Auf Plinthe, stehendes Mädchen mit ... | |||
Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2169 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. Bronze, patiniert. «Ruhende». Auf Plinthe, sitzendes, sich anlehnendes unbekleidetes ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2170 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. Bronze, patiniert. «Arethusa». Auf Plinthe, kniendes unbekleidetes Mädchen mit langem ... | |||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1716 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. Bronze, goldbraun patiniert. «Aufrecht Kniende». Auf Museumspodest, auf Plinthe ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1717 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. Bronze, goldbraun patiniert. «Weiblicher Torso». Auf Museumspodest, auf Plinthe ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2169 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. Bronze, goldbraun patiniert. «Aufrecht Kniende». Auf Museumspodest, auf Plinthe ... | starting price: 25000,- EUR | ||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Sculptures and Bronzes | ||||
1238 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. Bronze, patiniert. «Kleines stehendes Mädchen mit Apfel II». In ägyptisierender Pose ... | ||||
1239 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Kasper, Ludwig 1893 Gurten - 1945 Braunau. Bronze, patiniert. «Große Kniende». Auf Museumssockel und rechteckiger Plinthe, ... |
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