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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 19.–20.10.2018
Schiele, Egon
1890 Tulln - 1918 Wien.
«Katalog der Internationalen Schwarz-Weiß Ausstellung Salzburg 1921 (Catalogue of the international black and white exhibition Salzburg 1921)». Published by «Verlag Neuer Graphik» at Rikola Verlag A.G., Vienna. Printed at R. Kiesel, Salzburg. Numbered «97» inside. With the bound original etching «Porträt Karl Hauer» by Egon Schiele on strong, off-white graphic cardboard. Signature stamp lower right, dated 1914 within. Furthermore, hand signed original graphics on yellowish wove paper by Anton Faistauer, Rudolf Großmann, Felix A. Harta, Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel, Alfred Kubin, Karl Rössing, Edwin Scharff, Richard Seewald (unsigned) as well as Julius Zimpel. Loosely enclosed a publisher's note typographically inscribed «Die Lithographie von Seewald konnte vom Künstler nicht signiert werden, da derselbe beim Druck des Kataloges in Italien weilte. (The lithograph by Seewald couldn't be signed by the artist as he stayed in Italy while the catalogue was printed)». Illustrations printed at Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, Vienna. Yellow paper binding with cover plate. Catalogue in good age-related condition, cover and title with minor foxing. Schiele-etching with a clearly defined print in very good condition.
H 24,6, W 18,7 cm (book), H 24, W 18 cm (Schiele-etching).
The «Internationale Schwarz-Weiß Ausstellung (international black and white exhibition)» was organized by the artist association «Der Wassermann» in Salzburg together with Würthle & Sohn Nachf., Vienna, and held in autumn 1921 in the Salzburger Künstlerhaus. The catalogue was published in an edition of 700 examples, as a special edition the first 100 books came with the original etching by Egon Schiele. 
1890 Tulln - 1918 Wien.
«Katalog der Internationalen Schwarz-Weiß Ausstellung Salzburg 1921». Herausgegeben vom «Verlag Neuer Graphik» der Rikola Verlag A.G., Wien. Texte gedruckt bei R. Kiesel, Salzburg. Im Inneren «97» num. Mit eingebundener Originalradierung «Porträt Karl Hauer» von Egon Schiele auf kräftigem, cremefarbenem Graphikkarton. U.r. Signaturstempel, darin 1914 dat. Des Weiteren handsignierte Originalgraphiken auf gelblichem Velin von Anton Faistauer, Rudolf Großmann, Felix A. Harta, Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel, Alfred Kubin, Karl Rössing, Edwin Scharff, Richard Seewald (unsign.) sowie Julius Zimpel. Lose beiliegend ein Verlagszettel mit typographischer Bezeichnung «Die Lithographie von Seewald konnte vom Künstler nicht signiert werden, da derselbe beim Druck des Kataloges in Italien weilte.». Illustrationen gedruckt bei Österreichischer Staatsdruckerei, Wien. Gelber Pappeinband mit Deckelschild. Katalog in gutem, altersbedingtem Zustand, Einband und Titelblatt leicht stockfleckig. Schiele-Radierung mit klar zeichnendem Druck in sehr gutem Zustand.
H. 24,6,
Die «Internationale Schwarz-Weiß Ausstellung» wurde von der Künstlervereinigung «Der Wassermann» in Salzburg zusammen mit Würthle & Sohn Nachf., Wien, im Herbst 1921 im Salzburger Künstlerhaus veranstaltet. Der Katalog dazu erschien in einer Auflage von 700 Exemplaren, den ersten 100 Büchern wurde als Vorzugsausgabe die Originalradierung Egon Schieles beigegeben.