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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Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Asian Art | ||||
3127 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Small relief of a Avalokitesvara Padmapani Nepal, probably early type. Copper sheet, embossed and gilt in the middle. Lotus holding Bodhisattva of universal ... | ||||
3128 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Two small Buddha headsE DDDDZwei kleine Buddhaköpfe Thailand 17./ | ||||
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3146 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Tanagra figurine with colour traces Probably Boeotia 3rd C. BC. Terracotta, with white grounding and remains of yellowish and flesh-coloured paint. ... | ||||
3154 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Late antique unguentarium Eastern Mediterranean probably 5th - 7th C. AD. Dark blue, thick walled glass. Narrow foot, tubular body with spiral ... | ||||
3162 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Small amphora pendant with garnets Probably Greek 2nd C. BC. Yellow gold 22k (tested). Bail with moulded, amphora-shaped pendant, set with four tapered ... | ||||
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3181 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Christ in the tomb Probably Lower Bavaria Early | ||||
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3206 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Two Baroque nesting cup weight sets Large weight set. Probably Germany 1786. Bronze. Conical body, hinged lid with drop lock and movable handle in the ... | ||||
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3223 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Hackert, Jakob Philipp 1737 Prenzlau - 1807 San Piero di Careggi. Two oak trees near Ariccia. Pencil and India ink, partially washed, ... | ||||
3226 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Dutch master 17th/ Gentleman with pocket watch. Oil on panel. Unsigned. Inscribed lower left ... | ||||
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3235 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Alt, Franz 1821 Vienna - 1914 ibid. Trieste waterfront in the shadow of the Lloyd palace. Watercolour and opaque white on ... | ||||
3266 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Hänger, Max I 1874 Munich - 1941 ibid. Chicken, rooster and turkey. Oil on strong cardboard. Signed lower right and inscribed ... | ||||
3299 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Kochanowski, Roman Kazimierz 1856 Krakow - 1945 Freising. Bearded old man with fur cap. Oil on panel. Signed lower left. H 13, | ||||
3300 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Kochanowski, Roman Kazimierz 1856 Krakow - 1945 Freising. Laundress on her way home. Oil on panel. Signed lower left. Verso on the back of ... | ||||
3301 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Kochanowski, Roman Kazimierz 1856 Krakow - 1945 Freising. Laundress with child on the banks. Oil on strong cardboard. Signed lower right. ... | ||||
3302 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Kochanowski, Roman Kazimierz 1856 Krakow - 1945 Freising. Rural life. Oil on panel. Signed lower right. Verso on a label signed again and ... | ||||
3303 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Kochanowski, Roman Kazimierz 1856 Krakow - 1945 Freising. Willows on the riverbank. Oil on panel. Signed lower left. H 18,5, | ||||
3304 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Kochanowski, Roman Kazimierz 1856 Krakow - 1945 Freising. Landscape with a hut and chicken. Oil on panel. Signed lower right. H 20, ... | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3314 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Peiser, Kurt 1887 Antwerp - 1962 Uccle. «Lundi perdu». Drunkards in the tavern. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Verso ... | |||
3320 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. «Der Alte zum Fenster hinaussehend (the old man looking out of the window)» or «Der ... | ||||
3321 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Standing male nude, javelin thrower. Circa | starting price: 1500,- EUR | |||
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1090 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Floral diamond necklace with sapphires Germany 2000s. Yellow gold 18k. V-shaped front with all-round floral leaf links, interrupted by naturalistically ... | starting price: 20000,- EUR | |||
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