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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1271 (Autumn Auctions Bilderuhr «Die Rückkehr Napoleons von der Insel Elba» Picture wall clock «Napoleons Rückkehr von der Insel Elba» (Napoleon's return from Elba). After Carl August von ... | ||||
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4423 (Spring Auctions Hamel, Otto 1866 Erfurt - 1950 Lohr. Church interior. Oil on masonite. Signed lower left. Verso later inscriptions. DDDD1866 ... | starting price: 750,- EUR | |||
4548 (Spring Auctions Steuben, Carl von nach 1788 Bauerbach - 1856 Paris. After Carl von Steuben. «Die Rückkehr Napoleons von der Insel Elba (Landung in Cannes ... | ||||
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4479 (Autumn Auctions Hamel, Otto 1866 Erfurt - 1950 Lohr. Church interior. Oil on masonite. Signed lower left. Verso later inscriptions in ... | starting price: 1500,- EUR | |||
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1498 (Spring Auctions Historienmaler Historical painter 17th c. Jason lulling the dragon. Oil on canvas, relined. Unsigned. Minor hole lower ... | ||||
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1486 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Jegorow, Alexej Jegorowitsch 1776 (?) - 1851 St. Petersburg. Maria lactans. Öl/Holz. Auf einem Bett ein liegender Mann, daneben die Hl. Maria ... | ||||
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1971 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Sell, Christian d. Ä. 1831 Altona - 1883 Düsseldorf. Die Schlacht von Königgrätz. Aquarell. Von preußischem Adler bekrönte, fein ... | ||||
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1922 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Historienmaler 19./ Öl/Kupfer. Napoleon. In repräsentativem Interieur der französische Staatsmann in Uniform ... | ||||
1935 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Kaulbach, Friedrich 1822 Arolsen - 1903 Hannover. Öl/Lw., doubl. Ruth. Halbfigurenbild einer jungen Frau in weißer Bluse, Ähren und ... | ||||
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2071 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Bardet Historienmaler 2. Hälfte Email/Kupfer. Napoleon. Mit befehlender Geste auf einem sich ... | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
2140 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Französischer Historienmaler Öl/Messing. Napoleon im ägyptischen Spital. In einem Innenhof der stolze Napoleon in Uniform, ... | ||||
2192 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Historienmaler Wohl Ungarn Öl/Eisenblech. Rückkehr des Matthias Corvinus. Der siegreiche ungarische König ... | starting price: 1800,- EUR | |||
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1443 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Historienmaler Mitte Öl/Karton. Sterbender Römer. Auf dem Totenbett im Zentrum des Bildes der Sterbende, ... | starting price: 150,- EUR | |||
1487 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Lang, Edwin Historienmaler Öl/Lw. Sklavenmarkt. In einem Saal mit assyrischem Kachelschmuck Präsentation ... | ||||
1564 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Russischer Historienmaler Öl/Lw. Kalmücken. In Grisaillemalerei Darstellung zweier Kalmücken im Gespräch zwischen den ... | ||||
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1419 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Bloemaert, Abraham attr. 1566 Gorinchem - 1651 Utrecht. Öl/Lw., doubl. Brustbildnis im Dreiviertelprofil nach rechts eines alten, in eine ... | starting price: 3500,- EUR | |||
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1848 (Autumn Auction Historienmaler Öl/Papier. Mythologische Szene mit Frauenraub. Unsign. Risse. H. 40,5, | ||||
1849 (Autumn Auction Historienmaler Um 1800. Öl/Kupfer. Mythologische Szene. Medea, beim korinthischen König Kreon vorsprechend. Hinter seinem Thron ... | ||||
2024 (Autumn Auction Schulz, Carl Friedrich 1796 Selchow - 1866 Neuruppin. Öl/Lw., doubl. Seesturm. Bewegte See mit zahlreichen Schiffen unter stürmischen ... | starting price: 8000,- EUR | |||
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1736 (Spring Sale Rubens, Johann Baptist Vor 1760 Antwerpen - um 1824 Brüssel. Tempera/Elfenbein. Halbfigurenbildnis einer thronenden Regentin, wohl ... | ||||
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1918 (Spring Sale Historienmaler Öl/Papier. Mythologische Szene mit Frauenraub. Unsign. Risse. | starting price: 50,- EUR | |||
1919 (Spring Sale Historienmaler Öl/Lw. Szene aus dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg mit vor Reitern auf die Knie fallenden Bauern. Ein ... | starting price: 1200,- EUR | |||
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2307 (Autumn Sale Historienmaler Öl/Papier. Mythologische Szene mit Frauenraub. Unsign. Risse. H. 40,5, | starting price: 100,- EUR | |||
2308 (Autumn Sale Historienmaler Um 1800. Öl/Kupfer. Mythologische Szene. Medea, beim korinthischen König Kreon vorsprechend. Hinter seinem Thron ... | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
2462 (Autumn Sale Simerski, J. Historienmaler Öl/Lw. In verschneiter Winterlandschaft prachtvoller Zug von Planwagen und ... | ||||
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2012 (Spring Sale Historienmaler 17./ Öl/Lw., doubl. Schlachtenszene mit berittenen Soldaten. Im Hintergrund Stadtsilhouette mit ... | ||||
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2211 (Spring Sale Simerski, J. Historienmaler Öl/Lw. In verschneiter Winterlandschaft prachtvoller Zug von Planwagen und ... | starting price: 1400,- EUR | |||
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1912 (Winter Sale Bayrhoffer, F.W. Historienmaler Öl/Lw. Mittelalterliche Schlachtenszene. Vor einer brennenden Burganlage ... | starting price: 400,- EUR | |||
2024 (Winter Sale Induno, Gerolamo 1825 Mailand - 1890 ebd. Öl/Lw., doubl. Heimkehr aus dem Felde. Die alte Mutter, ihre Näharbeit vernachlässigend, ... | starting price: 5000,- EUR | |||
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1725 (Autumn Sale Becker, Carl Ludwig Friedrich 1820 Berlin - 1900 ebd. Öl/Lw. Historisierende Genreszene im Stil des 17. Jahrhunderts. Frau, ihren Gatten im Salon ... |
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