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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0540 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Medaillonanhänger Wohl deutsch um 1880. Silber, vergoldet. An Brisur hochrechteckiger, mehrfach eingezogener Hänger mit Volutendekor, ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | |||
0625 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Biedermeier-Brosche England um 1870. GG | starting price: 450,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1714 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Brodwolf, Martin Geb. 1957 Kandern. Eine Bleistiftzeichnung und eine Tuschzeichnung. Straßenskizze mit parkenden Autos. Stuhlskizze ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | ||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1979 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Konvolut Photographien der Karlsruher Kunstakademie 2. Hälfte | starting price: 100,- EUR | ||
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0015 (Autumn Auction Konvolut Katzenfiguren Wiener Bronze, Österreich 1. Hälfte | ||||
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0602 (Autumn Auction Biedermeier-Medaillonanhänger Deutsch um 1850. GG | starting price: 180,- EUR | |||
0807 (Autumn Auction Biedermeier-Medaillonanhänger Deutsch um 1880. Vergoldet. Wappenförmiger Anhänger mit zwei aufgelegten Onyxplatten, Schauseite im Zentrum besetzt ... | starting price: 250,- EUR | |||
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1488 (Autumn Auction Trachtengruppen aus Baden-Württemberg | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2193 (Autumn Auction Scharpf, Manfred Geb. 1945 Kißlegg. Pigmente/Holz. Vor blauem Fond weibliche Figur, ein Stück ihres schwarzen Pullovers mit dem Mund ... | starting price: 5500,- EUR | ||
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0907 (Spring Sale Herzanhänger mit Kette Sowjetunion 1960er Jahre. RG | starting price: 400,- EUR | |||
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1723 (Spring Sale Kaiser Wilhelm II. Photographie und Autogramm. Im Oval En-face-Bildnis des Kaisers in ordensgeschmückter Uniform. Photographie mit ... | ||||
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2110 (Spring Sale Wagner, K. Vedutenmaler Öl/Lw., doubl. Ansicht der bei Gefecht des Deutsch-Französischen Krieges ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2311 (Spring Sale Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Mappenwerk mit sechs Farbholzschnitten, Photographie von Ricca Achalm und Buch. ... | |||
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2372 (Spring Sale Die Holzwege des HAP Grieshaber Von Paul Swiridoff. Stuttgart, Chr. Belser Verlag 1970. Mit zahlreichen Photographien von Paul Swiridoff, einer ... | ||||
2373 (Spring Sale Die Holzwege des HAP Grieshaber Von Paul Swiridoff. Stuttgart, Chr. Belser Verlag 1970. Mit zahlreichen Photographien von Paul Swiridoff und einer ... | ||||
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0237 (Autumn Sale Prunkrahmen mit Zarenporträt Wohl St. Petersburg 1. Viertel | ||||
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0300 (Autumn Sale Königlicher Rahmen Hofjuwelier Theodor Heiden, Bayern um 1913. Silber 800, emailliert. Hochrechteckiger Rahmen, im Scheitel unter ... | ||||
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1005 (Autumn Sale Medaillonanhänger Frankreich 1880er Jahre. RG | ||||
1134 (Autumn Sale Medaillonanhänger mit Kette England um 1900. GG | starting price: 100,- EUR | |||
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1252 (Autumn Sale Viktorianischer Medaillonanhänger England 1870er Jahre. GG | starting price: 350,- EUR | |||
1265 (Autumn Sale Biedermeier-Haar-Armband Deutsch 1860er Jahre. Metall/Schaumgold. Band aus kunstvoll geflochtenem Haar. Ovale, getreppte Schauseite mit Zacken- ... | ||||
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0293 (Spring Sale Reisestandrahmen Deutsch 1. Hälfte | ||||
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0710 (Spring Sale Weltkugelanhänger Deutsch 1980er Jahre. GG | ||||
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