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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1149 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Petite fleur ring with garnets England around 1900/20. Yellow gold 9k. Blossom-shaped front, set with eight old-european-cut garnets weighing in ... | ||||
1191 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Petite Fleur ring with moss green emerald and diamonds Germany late | ||||
1258 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Petite Fleur ring with sapphire and diamonds 2000s. White gold 18k. Flower-shaped front, centrally set with one oval-cut sapphire weighing approx. | ||||
1259 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of Petite Fleur hoop earrings with sapphires and diamonds 2000s. White gold 18k. Half hoop earrings on french clip, flower-shaped front, centrally set with one oval-cut ... | ||||
1281 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Flower brooch with diamonds Early 21st C. White gold 18k. Curved leaves, crowned by four flowers in the style of «Petites Fleurs», the petals set ... | ||||
1282 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of petite fleur diamond ear studs Tous, Manresa 2000s. White gold 18k. Ear studs, blossom-shaped set with seven brilliant-cut diamonds weighing in total ... | ||||
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1418 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Viennese bracket clock Joseph Anton Kotzi, Vienna around 1760/70 (movement), modern case. Brass and walnut. Four pressed ball feet, upright ... | starting price: 650,- EUR | |||
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2084 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Dalou, Aimé-Jules 1838 Paris - 1902 ibid. «Bineur». «Le Paysan à la binette». After 1910. Bronze, brown patinated. Signed on the ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 3009 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Matta, Roberto 1911 Santiago de Chile - 2002 Civitavecchia. Untitled from «Vivante Mortalité». 1973. Etching and colour ... | starting price: 180,- EUR | ||
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1037 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Petite Fleur ring with diamonds England around 1910. Yellow gold 18k (tested). Blossom-shaped front, set with eight old-european-cut diamonds weighing ... | ||||
1065 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Petite Fleur cocktail ring with amethysts, rosy tourmalines and diamonds Germany 2000s. Red gold 14k. Marquise-shaped, openworked front on the shape of six blossoms, set with 29 swiss-cut ... | ||||
1122 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) En tremblant brooch petites fleurs with rubies, sapphires and diamonds Germany 1980s. White gold 18k (tested). Openworked front in the shape of a bouquet of flowers with foliage, in the ... | ||||
Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2023 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Matta, Roberto 1911 Santiago de Chile - 2002 Civitavecchia. Untitled from «Vivante Mortalité». 1973. Etching and colour ... | starting price: 250,- EUR | ||
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1083 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Petite Fleur ring with diamonds Germany 1990s. Yellow gold 18k. Wide ring band, elevated, blossom-shaped and laterally openworked front, centrally set ... | ||||
1134 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Pair of Petite Fleur ear studs with sapphires and diamonds Germany 1990s. White and yellow gold 18k. Ear studs centrally set with an oval-cut sapphire each weighing in total ... | ||||
1184 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Petite Fleur ring with pigeon-blood red ruby and diamonds Germany 2000s. White gold 18k. Blossom-shaped, openworked front, centrally set with an oval-cut Burmese ruby weighing ... | ||||
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1245 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Audemars Piguet Two-Tone gents' wristwatch «Royal Oak Jumbo» Le Brassus 1980s. Stainless steel and yellow gold 18k. Smooth, octagonal case, screwed gold bezel set with 48 ... | ||||
1246 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Audemars Piguet Two-Tone ladies' wristwatch «Royal Oak» Le Brassus 1980s. Stainless steel and yellow gold 18k. Smooth, octagonal case, screwed gold bezel set with 40 ... | ||||
Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2047 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Lorentzen, Mogens 1892 Copenhagen - 1953 ibid. Unpacked codfish. Oil on masonite. Monogrammed upper right and dated (19)24. H ... | |||
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3269 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Koekkoek, Barend Cornelis school or circle of 1803 Middelburg - 1862 Cleves. Ice skating fun at the bridge ruins. Oil on canvas, relined. Dated 1855 lower ... | ||||
3294 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Schuch, Carl attr. 1846 Vienna - 1903 ibid. Birch alley at dusk. Oil on panel, mounted on another wooden panel, partly cradled. ... | ||||
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3394 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Johann Georg Serini Kurzer jedoch gründlicher Beweis, daß Einem Hochfürstl. Marggräfl. Haus Baaden-Durlach die Restitutions-Klag [...] ... | ||||
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1069 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Petite Fleur cocktail ring with diamonds France 1980s. Yellow and white gold 18k. Divided swirling-shaped front, centrally blossom-shaped set with seven ... | ||||
1135 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Petite Fleur ring with sapphire and diamonds Germany 2000s. Yellow gold 18k. Blossom-shaped, oval, laterally openworked front, centrally set with a cornflower blue ... | ||||
1147 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Petite Fleur ring with Colombian emerald and diamonds Germany 1930s. White gold 14k. Blossom-shaped front, centrally set with a brilliant-cut Colombian emerald weighing ... | ||||
1209 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Petite Fleur ring with Burmese ruby and diamonds Germany 2000s. Yellow gold 18k. Elevated, blossom-shaped front, centrally set with an oval-cut Burmese ruby weighing ... | ||||
1243 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Petite Fleur sapphire ring with diamonds Germany 2000s. Yellow gold 18k (tested). Blossom-shaped, oval, laterally openworked front, centrally set with a ... | ||||
1245 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Petite Fleur ring with sapphire and diamonds Germany 1970s. Yellow gold 18k. Blossom-shaped, oval, laterally openworked front, centrally set with an oval-cut ... | ||||
1383 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Petite Fleur ring with diamonds Deutsch 1980s. White gold 14k. Blossom-shaped front, set with 17 brilliant-cut diamonds weighing in total | ||||
Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2011 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Bohrmann, Karl 1928 Mannheim - 1998 Cologne. Repetition. Two standing female nudes. Two sheets. Chalk on brownish paper, each ... |
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