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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Image under artist's copyright. | 1174 (Autumn Auctions Bury, Pol 1922 Haine-Saint-Pierre - 2005 Paris. «Guitare». Wood, wire, magnetic tape and electric motor. Verso on label dated ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1209 (Autumn Auctions Fontana, Lucio 1899 Rosario - 1968 Cornabbio. Concetto spaziale. Ball pen and holes on silver coated cardboard on black cardboard. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1382 (Autumn Auctions Wilding, Ludwig Born 1927 Grünstadt. «Stereoskopisches Multiple (stereoscopic multiple)». Plastic. Verso on label with title, ... | |||
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2622 (Autumn Auctions Shamba Bolongongo Figure of Shamba Bolongongo. Bakuba, Kongo. Carved wood. Signs of age. Literature: Frank Willett, Afrikanische Kunst, ... | ||||
2630 (Autumn Auctions Ashanti-Hocker Ashanti stool. Akan, Ivory Coast. Tropical wood, carved. Signs of age. Provenance: private collection Southern ... | ||||
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2673 (Autumn Auctions Gottesmutter Feodorowskaja Icon of the Mother of God Feodorovskaya. Russia 19th C. Tempera on panel. Inscribed later. Original invoice for about ... | ||||
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2907 (Autumn Auctions Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. «Der Sonntagsjäger (the part-time hunter)». Oil on canvas, margin relined. Signed lower ... | starting price: 520000,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1861 (Spring Auctions Fontana, Lucio 1899 Rosario - 1968 Cornabbio. E Concetto spaziale. Ball pen and holes on silver coated cardboard, mounted on black ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
1765 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Deutscher Genremaler Im Kuhstall. Öl/Holz. Rinder in einem Stall mit jungem Bauernmädchen beim Melken und einem ... | ||||
1979 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. «Die Musik kommt (nächtliche Runde)». Öl/Karton. Im Vordergrund eine steinerne Brücke, ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2159 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Riedmüller, Willi 1895 Überlingen - 1974 München. «Bergdorf im Tessin». Mischtechnik. Bergdorf mit rotgedeckten weißgestrichenen ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2181 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Vostell, Wolf 1932 Leverkusen - 1998 Berlin. «Hommage à George Orwell». Assemblage. Auf Holzplatte montiertes Telefon mit Hörer ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009 Art Nouveau, Art déco and Design | ||||
0101 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Narrenspiel Entwurf Mauritius Pfeiffer um 1920, Ausführung Schwarzburger Werkstätten 2. Hälfte | starting price: 500,- EUR | |||
Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009 Porcelain | ||||
0498 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Großes höfisches Jagd-Ensemble Entwurf Otto Thiem um 1912, Ausführung Schwarzburger Werkstätten 1. Hälfte | starting price: 3000,- EUR | |||
Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
2334 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. Öl/Lw., doubl. «Auf der Bastei». Das Querformat in Form eines gedehnten Rechtecks zeigt ... | starting price: 350000,- EUR | |||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Clocks | ||||
0853 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Rokoko-Tischuhr Johann Gottlieb Leukert, Dresden Ende | ||||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 African Art | ||||
1020 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Yoruba-Maske Nigeria. Holz, geschnitzt und dunkel patiniert. Halbrund gearbeiteter Korpus mit ovalem Gesicht, geschlossenem Mund, ... | ||||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Icons | ||||
1229 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Museale Marienikone Russland | starting price: 22000,- EUR | |||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
1444 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Hodel, Ernst 1881 Münsingen (Bern) - 1955 Luzern. Öl/Lw. «Landschaft bei Waldubrücke im Seetal». Blick auf einen Bachlauf ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
1590 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. Öl/Papier, auf Karton aufgezogen. «Der Brevierbeter». Vor einem Bildstock in einer wilden ... | ||||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Russian Works of Art | ||||
0169 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Zigarettendose Moskau 1889. Silber 84 Solotnik, innen ausvergoldet. Auf rechteckigem Stand, quaderförmiger Korpus mit ... | starting price: 500,- EUR | |||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 African Art | ||||
1368 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Kifwebe-Maske Songe, Demokratische Republik Kongo. Holz, geschnitzt, dunkel patiniert und partiell bemalt. Halbrunder Korpus mit ... | ||||
1385 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Baule-Maske Elfenbeinküste. Holz, geschnitzt und partiell bemalt. Kplekple-Typus. Runder flacher Korpus mit rechteckigem Mund und ... | ||||
1387 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Baule-Maske Elfenbeinküste. Holz, geschnitzt und partiell bemalt. Kplekple-Typus. Runder flacher, von Schachbrettmuster ... | ||||
1391 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Yoruba-Maske Nigeria. Holz, geschnitzt und dunkel patiniert. Halbrund gearbeiteter Korpus mit ovalem Gesicht, geschlossenem Mund, ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | |||
1394 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Senufo-Maske Elfenbeinküste. Bronze, patiniert. Kpelié-Typus. Halbrund gearbeiteter Korpus mit ovalem, leicht gemuldetem Gesicht ... | starting price: 150,- EUR | |||
1395 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Senufo-Maske Elfenbeinküste. Bronze, patiniert. Kpelié-Typus. Halbrund gearbeiteter Korpus mit ovalem, leicht gemuldetem Gesicht ... | starting price: 150,- EUR | |||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
1950 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Hodel, Ernst 1881 Münsingen (Bern) - 1955 Luzern. Öl/Lw. «Landschaft bei Waldubrücke im Seetal». Blick auf einen Bachlauf ... | starting price: 1500,- EUR | |||
2071 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Rüdisühli, Eduard 1875 Basel - 1938 Rohrschachberg. Öl/Lw. «Waldweg bei Freyburg». In einem Tannenwald Lichtstrahl durch die Bäume ... | ||||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2200 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Stocker, Hans attr. 1896 Basel - 1983 ebd. Öl/Karton. Blick über die Dächer von Basel auf hügelige Landschaft. U.l. sign., bez. «Basel» ... |
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