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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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Herbstauktionen 25.–26.09.2015
Sammlung von 31 Münzen
Collection of 31 coins. Coin metal and silver.
Provenance: estate of Blankenhorn, Badenweiler.

deutsch Verschiedene Münzmetalle und Silber. Ein Vereinstaler 1859 A (Silber) mit dem Profil Friedrich Wilhelm IV König von Preußen, Friedr. Wilhelm IV Koenig v. Preussen, revers Adler mit schwebender Krone, ein Vereinsthaler XXX Ein Pfund Fein 1859. Eine Half-Dollar-Münze 1976 mit dem Profil John F. Kennedy, liberty in god we trust 1776 - 1976, revers Darstellung der Independence Hall, United States of America 200 years of freedom e pluribus unum Half Dollar Independence Hall. Zwei 2-Mark-Münzen 1901 mit den Profilen Friedrich I und Wilhelm II, Friedrich I 1701 Wilhelm II 1901, revers Adler mit schwebender Krone, Zwei Mark Deutsches Reich 1901. Zwei 2-Mark-Münzen 1902, mit dem Profil Friedrich Großherzog von Baden mit Lorbeerzweig, Friedrich Grosherzog von Baden 1852 - 1902, revers Adler mit schwebender Krone, Zwei Mark Deutsches Reich 1902. Eine 2-Mark-Münze 1906 mit den Profilen Friedrich und Luise von Baden, Friedrich und Luise von Baden 1856 - 1906, revers Adler mit schwebender Krone, Zwei Mark Deutsches Reich 1906. Eine 2-Mark-Münze 1907, mit dem Profil Friedrich Großherzog von Baden, Friedrich Grosherzog von Baden 1826 - 1907, revers Adler mit schwebender Krone, Zwei Mark Deutsches Reich 1907. Eine 5-Mark-Münze 1955 mit dem Profil Ludwig Wilhelm Markgraf von Baden, Ludwig Wilhelm Markgraf von Baden 1655 - 1707, revers Ansicht hinter dem Bundesadler das ehemalige markgräfliche Residenzschloss in Rastatt, Bundesrepublik Deutschland 5 Deutsche Mark 1955. Eine 1-Shilling-Münze Kenia 1971, mit dem Profil Jomo Kenyatta, The first president of Kenya Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, revers Schild gehalten von zwei Löwen, 1 One Shilling Republic of Kenya 1971. Fünf 50-Pfennig-Münzen. Drei Münzen 1875, eine Münze 1876, eine Münze 1877, avers 50 Pfennig Deutsches Reich 1875 bzw. 1876 und 1877, revers Adler mit schwebender Krone. Sieben 20-Pfennig-Münzen. Zwei Münzen 1873, zwei Münzen 1875, drei Münzen 1876, avers 20 Pfennig Deutsches Reich 1873 bzw. 1875 und 1876, revers Adler mit schwebender Krone. Sieben 20-Pfennig-Münzen. Eine Münze 1887, drei Münzen 1888, zwei Münzen 1890, eine Münze 1892, avers 20 Pfennig Deutsches Reich 1887 bzw. 1888 bzw. 1890 und 1892, revers Adler mit schwebender Krone. Zwei 3-Kreuzer-Scheidemünzen 1870 und 1871, avers 3 Kreuzer 1870 bzw. 1871, revers badisches Wappen gehalten von zwei Greifen, Baden Scheidemünze.
D. 1,6 bis 3,3 cm.
Provenienz: Nachlass Blankenhorn, Badenweiler.
 

hammer price: 600,- EUR
(starting price: 100,- EUR)