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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4531 (Spring Auctions Sandreuter, Hans 1850 Basel - 1901 Riehen. Self portrait. Oil on canvas. Monogrammed upper left and dated 1890 upper right. ... | starting price: 3500,- EUR | |||
4554 (Spring Auctions Süddeutscher Landschaftsmaler South German landscape painter circa 1900. Heidelberg in summer. Watercolour on wove paper. Unsigned. Minor ... | starting price: 150,- EUR | |||
4556 (Spring Auctions Swainson, George S. Scottish landscape painter second half | ||||
4565 (Spring Auctions Wright, G. English landscape painter 19th/ | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2152 (Autumn Auctions Fußmann, Klaus Geb. 1938 Velbert. «Japanische Kirsche (japanese cherry)». Gouache on laid cardboard. Signed and dated 1.(19)92 ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2153 (Autumn Auctions Fußmann, Klaus Geb. 1938 Velbert. «Herbstlaub und Astern (autumn leaves and asters)». Gouache on laid cardboard. Dated (20)08 and ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2154 (Autumn Auctions Fußmann, Klaus Geb. 1938 Velbert. Marguerites. Gouache on laid cardboard. Monogrammed lower right. Passepartout. Authentication: ... | |||
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4472 (Autumn Auctions Französischer Landschaftsmaler French landscape painter first half | ||||
4497 (Autumn Auctions Hoffmann, Paul Landscape painter 19th/ | starting price: 2500,- EUR | |||
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4507 (Autumn Auctions Majchrzak, (?) Landscape painter | ||||
4535 (Autumn Auctions Sächsischer Landschaftsmaler Saxonian landscape painter circa 1900. Freyburg at the river Unstrut. Watercolour and mixed media on paper. Unsigned. ... | ||||
4539 (Autumn Auctions Süddeutscher Landschaftsmaler South German landscape painter circa 1900. Heidelberg in summer. Watercolour on paper. Unsigned. Minor ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2052 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Majchrzak, (?) Landscape painter 20th C. Village view. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated (19)70 lower left. ... | |||
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5412 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Deutscher Landschaftsmaler German landscape painter 18th C. In the forest. Oil on canvas, relined. Unsigned. Marginal retouching. Provenance: ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 5458 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Andina, (?) Italian landscape painter 20th C. Upper Italian lake. Oil on board. Signed lower left. DDDDItalienischer ... | |||
5481 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Französischer Landschaftsmaler French landscape painter 19th C. Figure in landscape. Oil on canvas, mounted on panel. Unsigned. Minor retouching. ... | ||||
5519 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Köster, (?) Landscape painter 19th C. Shoreland. Oil on canvas, margin relined. Signed lower right. Verso on stretcher frame ... | ||||
5529 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Mödinger, A. Landscape painter 19th C. River landscape. Oil on canvas, relined. Signed, inscribed «Berlin» and dated 1858 lower ... | starting price: 3500,- EUR | |||
5530 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Monogrammist C.F.L. Landscape painter 19th C. Landscape with river. Oil on canvas, mounted on panel. Monogrammed lower ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2001 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Altenkirch, Otto 1875 Ziesar - 1945 Siebenlehn. E «Weidenbusch - kleine Elster (willow - small Elster river)». Oil on canvas. ... | |||
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4602 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Italienischer Landschaftsmaler Italian landscape painter 18th C. Wine tasting with musicians. Oil on canvas, relined. Unsigned. Minor retouching, ... | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
4605 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Landschaftsmaler Landscape painter probably Italy 18th C. Quarry work. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Restored. DDDDWohl Italien 18. ... | starting price: 1000,- EUR | |||
4606 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Landschaftsmaler Landscape painter probably Italy 18th C. Ideal landscape with figures. Oil on canvas, mounted on masonite. Unsigned. ... | ||||
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4622 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Bachmann, M. Landscape painter 19th C. Summer idyll. Oil on canvas. Probably later signed lower left. Restored. Elaborate frame ... | ||||
4625 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Beraud, J. French landscape painter 19th C. River landscape with bridge. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Retouching, ... | starting price: 360,- EUR | |||
4626 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Béraud, (?) French landscape painter 19th C. Summer idyll. Oil on canvas, relined. Signed lower right. ... | starting price: 1500,- EUR | |||
4651 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Drechsler, Hans South German landscape painter mid 20th C. «Hochschwarzwald (higher Black Forest)». Oil on cardboard. Signed and dated ... | starting price: 500,- EUR | |||
4652 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Eberlein, Ernest American landscape painter dec. 1931. In front of a deciduous forest. Oil on canvas, relined. Indistinctly signed ... | starting price: 1300,- EUR |
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