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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4778 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Nifsel, Ch. German orientalist first half 19th C. Death of Saheb. Gouache on paper. Signed and dated 1828 lower right as well as ... | ||||
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1678 (Spring Auctions Orientalist Oriental painter 18th/19th c. Kauffahrteiszene. Oil on panel. Unsigned. DDDD18./19. Jh. Abendliche ... | ||||
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1913 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Orientalist Arabischer Reiter. Öl/Lw. Orientalisch gekleideter Mann zu Pferd mit Gewehr hinterfangen von ... | ||||
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2261 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Mérion, René Orientalist 19./ Öl/Lw., doubl. Orientalische Stadt. Vor einem großen Torbogen einige Araber, ... | ||||
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1539 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Orientalist Öl/Lw. Haremsszene. In einem Innenhof an einem Brunnen drei junge Frauen auf einem Teppich. ... | starting price: 1600,- EUR | |||
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2048 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Orientalist Öl/Lw. Brustbild eines Mannes in arabischer Kleidung. Unsign. Krakelee, Farbabsplitterungen ... | ||||
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1489 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Degand, Eugène 1829 Lille - um 1870 Paris. Öl/Lw., doubl. Blick auf Silhouette einer orientalischen Stadt am Wasser mit am Ufer ... | ||||
1500 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Engler, (?) Orientalist um 1900 Öl/Lw. Vor diffus grünem Fond Bildnis zweier Orientalen im Profil nach links, einer in ein ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
1565 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Kosinec, H. Orientalist um 1900. Öl/Lw., doubl. Halbfigurenbildnis eines Orientalen mit gelbem und rotem Kopftuch, grünem ... | ||||
1626 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Orientalist Öl/Lw. Brustbildnis eines bärtigen Beduinen vor hellem Fond in orientalischer Kleidung und ... | ||||
1627 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Orientalist Aquarell/Papier/Lw. An der Wasserstelle. In orientalischer Landschaft in romantischer ... | starting price: 1200,- EUR | |||
1628 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Orientalist Wohl Frankreich 2. Hälfte Öl/Lw., doubl. An der Wasserstelle. Siedlung am Rande eines ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1699 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Baliarelli, Angelo Orientalist Öl/Lw. In pastosem Farbauftrag gearbeitete Ansicht einer orientalischen Stadt. ... | |||
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1768 (Autumn Auction Brandt, J. Orientalist Öl/Holz. Stehender Orientale in weißem Gewand, sein Gewehr genau beschauend. U.l. ... | starting price: 1800,- EUR | |||
1813 (Autumn Auction Gassert, A. Stuttgarter Orientalist Öl/Lw. Auf einem Rappen durch einen Fluss reitender Araber, mit seinem ... | starting price: 700,- EUR | |||
1970 (Autumn Auction Orientalist Öl/Karton. Straßenzug einer orientalischen Stadt. Im Vordergrund im Schatten der schlichten ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2082 (Autumn Auction Baliarelli, Angelo Orientalist Öl/Lw. In pastosem Farbauftrag gearbeitete Ansicht einer orientalischen Stadt. ... | starting price: 1200,- EUR | ||
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1789 (Spring Sale Orientalist 18./ Öl/Holz. Abendliche Kauffahrteiszene an einer Bucht mit am Ufer rastender Karawane. Im ... | ||||
1827 (Spring Sale Bianchi, Giovanni Italienischer Orientalist Öl/Lw. Orientalische Hafenstadt mit Figurenstaffage am Ufer und ... | ||||
2021 (Spring Sale Orientalist Aquarell. Orientalische Straßenszene mit Moschee. Im Vordergrund Figurenstaffage mit ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
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2400 (Autumn Sale Orientalist Gouache. Ansicht einer arabischen Stadt mit Blick auf mehrere Moscheen. Unsign. ... | starting price: 1200,- EUR | |||
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1865 (Winter Sale Italienischer Orientalist Mitte Öl/Lw. An einem Fenster sitzendes, orientalisch gewandetes junges Mädchen, eine geheime ... | starting price: 1800,- EUR | |||
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1968 (Autumn Sale Möhker, H. Orientalist 19./ Öl/Lw. Barfuß auf einem Teppich tänzelnde junge Orientalin in ... | ||||
1995 (Autumn Sale Orientalist Öl/Lw. Am Boden hockender, prächtig gekleideter Orientale, mit den Händen an die Wand ... | ||||
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2165 (Spring Sale Orientalist Öl/Malkarton. Im Kreis sitzende Orientalen mit Fezen und Turbanen. Im Vordergrund ... | ||||
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2555 (Autumn Sale Perfanoff, L. Orientalist Öl/Lw. Fünf am Boden sitzende Orientalen beim Teetrinken am Kamin. U.r. sign. Bez. ... |
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