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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1090 Cocktail ring with pink sapphires and diamonds France late | order | |||
1091 Pair of earrings with tourmalines, emeralds and diamonds in Art Deco style Germany 1980s. Platinum (expert report). Rhomb-shaped ear studs set with 13 brilliant-cut diamonds each, weighing in ... | order | |||
1092 Art Deco style flower bouquet clip France 2000s. White and yellow gold 18k. Front in the shape of a flower arrangement in a vase on a console, ... | ||||
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1096 Necklace pendant with rose quartz Germany 2000s. Yellow gold 8k. Drop-shaped pendant with smooth frame, set with one rose quartz cabochon weighing over ... | order | |||
1097 Vintage flower ring with amethyst Rile, Pforzheim 1960s. Yellow gold 14k. Slightly elevated, laterally openworked front, centrally set with an oval-cut ... | ||||
1098 Entourage pendant clip with amethyst and diamonds Germany late | ||||
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1102 Pair of rose gold diamond solitaire ear studs with jackets «2 in 1» Germany 21st C. Red gold 18k. Ear studs centrally set with one brilliant-cut diamond each, weighing in total approx. ... | ||||
1103 Rose gold memory bracelet with diamonds 21st C. Red gold 14k. All-round movable round links, completely set with 56 brilliant-cut diamonds weighing in total ... | ||||
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1110 Necklace pendant «Sunbeams» with coloured sapphires and South Sea pearl 21st C. Yellow gold 18k. Triangle bail set with five brilliant-cut diamonds weighing in total | ||||
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1113 Bangle with yellow sapphires Early 21st C. Yellow gold 18k. Smooth, round bangle with hinge, front with lateral openwork decoration in leaf shape, ... | ||||
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1118 Agate pendant with diamonds 2010s. Yellow gold 18k. Almond-shaped bail set with one cut white agate | ||||
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