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 24.11–25.11.2023 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3028 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Alt, Otmar Born 1940 Wernigerode, lives and works in Norddinker. «Die kleine Holzente (the little wooden duck)». Gouache on ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3204 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Semmer, Bettina Born 1955 Düsseldorf, lives and works in Berlin. «Kleine Schwimmerinnen 6 (little swimmers 6)». Oil on canvas. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3218 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Uhlig, Max Born 1937 Dresden, lives and works ibid. «Kleines Bildnis F.U. (small portrait F.U.)». Oil on canvas. Signed ... | starting price: 3000,- EUR | ||
Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022 Jewellery | ||||
1134 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Goldsmith Otto Klein rock crystal ring with diamonds Hanau 1970s. White gold 18k. Domed front, set with a faceted rock crystal, flanked by 14 brilliant-cut diamonds ... | ||||
1135 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Pair of Goldsmith Otto Klein rock crystal ear clips with diamonds Hanau 1970s. White gold 18k. French clip, domed front, set with a faceted rock crystal each, flanked by 20 ... | ||||
Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2048 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. «Gefleckte Figur mit Reif, kleine Figur ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2100 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Kitzel, Herbert 1928 Halle - 1978 Karlsruhe. «Figur schwarz-grau (figure black-grey)». Wax crayon and pencil on light cardboard. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2152 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Tinguely, Jean 1925 Fribourg - 1991 Bern. Untitled from the work cycle «Inferno». 1984. Colour offset on wove paper. Signed ... | |||
Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2128 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Kriester, Rainer 1935 Plauen - 2002 Vendone. «Kleiner Gedankenkopf (small thought head)». 1976. Golden brown patinated bronze. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2191 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. «Gefleckte Figur mit Reif, kleine Figur ... | |||
Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Jewellery | ||||
1081 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Vintage gold bracelet Germany 1990s. Yellow gold 14k. Large polished cable links connected by small eye-shaped cable links. Safety chain. ... | ||||
1093 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Designer pendant necklace with aquamarine Kleinodienschule Herbert Vetter, Todtnau 2000s. Yellow and white gold 22k. Handmade cable link chain with straight and ... | ||||
Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Clocks | ||||
1483 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) «Rolling Ball Clock» after Sir William Congreve Anton Krüttner, Einsiedel second half | ||||
Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2025 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Bach, Elvira Born 1951 Neuenhain/Taunus, lives and works in Berlin. Untitled. Female nude in orange from ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2026 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Behm, Rolf Born 1952 Karlsruhe, lives and works in Berlin and Rio de Janeiro. Untitled. Dream phantasy from ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2027 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Lindemann, Ina Born 1950 Lingen, lives and works in Fresdorf. Untitled. Red pain from «Convergence». Serigraph in colours on ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2028 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Sunder-Plassmann, Andrea Born 1959 Münster, lives and works in Alfter. «in memoriam» from «Convergence». Serigraph in colours on laid ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2029 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Weber, Robert Born 1964 Jena, lives and works in Berlin. Blue head with computer tomographies from «Convergence». Serigraph in ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2111 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Spoerri, Daniel Born 1930 Galati, lives and works in Vienna. Untitled from «Cabinet Anatomique» (Encyclopaedie Diderot et ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2122 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Wunderlich, Paul 1927 Eberswalde - 2010 Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols. «Kleine Eva (small Eva)». 1998. Golden brown patinated bronze. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2123 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Wunderlich, Paul 1927 Eberswalde - 2010 Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols. «Kleine Nike (small Nike)». 1975. Brown and green patinated ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2152 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Wotruba, Fritz 1907 Vienna - 1975 ibid. «Kleine sitzende Figur (little sitting figure)». 1952/53. Dark patinated bronze. Signed ... | |||
Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Silver and Silverware | ||||
3056 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Small tea service in the Empire style Williams Ltd, Birmingham 1927. Silver 925 and ebony. 3 pieces. Including tea pot, sugar bowl and creamer. Oval base, ... | ||||
3075 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Small bowl with eagle head Probably France early | ||||
3076 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Small flacon with hammered finish Finnigans Ltd, Manchester 1911. Silver 925. Oval cylindrical body with all-round chased wall. Cylindrical neck with ... | ||||
3077 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Small five-light candelabrum Jakob Grimminger, Schwäbisch Gmünd circa 1930. Silver 835. Round-shaped base, short baluster shaft with five arms and ... | ||||
3082 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Large cutlery «Art Deco» Lutz & Weiss, Pforzheim second half | ||||
Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Porcelain | ||||
3091 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Tea service «Strewn Flowers» Meissen | ||||
3092 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Coffee and tea service «Rothschild» Herend | ||||
Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Asian Art | ||||
3123 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Green Tara on Lotos throne Probably Nepal |
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