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 25.–26.11.2022 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2017 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Lenk, Franz 1898 Langenbernsdorf - 1968 Schwäbisch Hall. «Lausa mit Kirche (Lausa with church)». Oil on canvas, relined. ... | |||
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3162 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Shamanic bird pendant Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Tumbaga. Stylised, bird-like figure with long, curved beak, spherical eyes, spread wings, ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2117 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Richter, Daniel Born 1962 Eutin, lives and works in Berlin, Hamburg und Vienna. «Fun de Siècle». Offset in colours on coated ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2118 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Richter, Gerhard Born 1932 Dresden, lives and works in Cologne. «Panorama». Edited by Mark Godfrey, Nicholas Serota and Dorothée ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2119 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Richter, Gerhard Born 1932 Dresden, lives and works in Cologne. «Victoria I». 1987. Offset in colours on smooth cardboard. Signed ... | |||
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3140 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Jumeau Bébé doll girl with closed mouth Paris circa 1900. Bisque swivel head, human hair wig over cork pate, blue, fixed paperweight eyes, closed mouth and ... | ||||
3141 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Jumeau Bébé doll girl with sleeping eyes Paris 1900. Bisque swivel head, human hair wig over cork pate, blue sleeping paperweight eyes, open mouth with six ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2032 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Kollwitz, Käthe 1867 Königsberg - 1945 Moritzburg. «Losbruch (eruption)». Etching, aquatint, reservage as well as vernis mou with ... | |||
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3348 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Käthe Kruse Puppenjunge «Puppe I als Bauernjunge Fritz» Kathe Kruse doll boy «Puppe I as Bauernjunge Fritz». Bad Kösen circa 1915. Sewed on, three-seamed head with painted ... | ||||
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3487a (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Liebich, Curt 1868 Wesel - 1937 Gutach. Black Forest farm in spring. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Verso indistinctly ... | ||||
Winter Auctions 08.–09.12.2017 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3101 (Winter Auctions 08.–09.12.2017) Richter, Gerhard Geb. 1932 Dresden, lebt und arbeitet in Köln. «Kassel». Black and white lacquer over offset lithograph in colours ... | |||
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3189 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Käthe-Kruse-Puppenjunge «Hampelchen» Kathe Kruse doll boy «Hampelchen». Bad Kösen 1930s. Sewed on, three-seamed head with painted hair, painted brown eyes ... | ||||
3190 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Käthe-Kruse-Puppenmädchen «Puppe I» mit Wintermantel Kathe Kruse doll girl «Puppe I» with winter coat. Bad Kösen 1930s. Sewed on, three-seamed head with painted hair, ... | ||||
3191 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Käthe-Kruse-Puppe X «Die kleine Käthe-Kruse-Puppe» Kathe Kruse doll X «Die kleine Käthe-Kruse-Puppe». Bad Kösen 1930s. Swivelled head with painted hair, painted brown ... | ||||
3192 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Käthe-Kruse-Puppenmädchen «Puppe I» mit Spitzenkleid Kathe Kruse doll girl «Puppe I» with lace dress. Bad Kösen 1930s. Sewed on, three-seamed head with painted hair, ... | ||||
3193 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Käthe-Kruse-Puppenmädchen «Träumerchen» Kathe Kruse doll girl «Träumerchen». Bad Kösen circa 1925. Sewed on magnesite head with painted hair, painted closed ... | ||||
3194 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Käthe-Kruse-Puppenmädchen «Du Mein» Kathe Kruse doll girl «Du Mein». Bad Kösen circa 1935. Sewed on magnesite head with baby real hair wig, painted blue ... | ||||
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3309 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Richter, Ernst Interior painter 19th/ | ||||
Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015 Books and Atlases | ||||
4463 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Rituum qui olim apud Romanos Author G.H. Nievpoort. Published by David Richter, Bautzen 1715. Second edition. | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2162 (Autumn Auctions Rotella, Mimmo 1918 Catanzaro - 2006 Mailand. «My love, your love». Collage made from magazine pages in acrylic box. Signed lower ... | |||
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4424 (Autumn Auctions Richter, Gustav Friedrich Wilhelm 1847 Dessau - 1915 Berlin. Portrait of a young girl. Oil on canvas, mounted on cardboard. Signed lower right and ... | ||||
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4365 (Spring Auctions Richter, Christian I Portrait of Bernard of Saxony-Jena (1638 - 1678), aged five. Oil on canvas. Signed, dated 1643 and inscribed upper ... | starting price: 8500,- EUR | |||
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3311 (Autumn Auctions Koka-Träger Koka carrier. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Two ringlets to back. Signs of age. According to the consignor the ... | ||||
3312 (Autumn Auctions Stehender Mann mit Vogel Standing man with bird. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Signs of age. According to the consignor the object is part of ... | ||||
3313 (Autumn Auctions Wasserträgerin Female water carrier. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Signs of age. According to the consignor the object is part of a ... | ||||
3314 (Autumn Auctions Kazike mit Kopfschmuck Kazike figure with headdress. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Two ringlets to back. Sings of age. According to the ... | ||||
3315 (Autumn Auctions Affen-Schamane Shamanic monkey figure. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD or later. Gold. Ringlet to back. Signs of age. According to the ... | ||||
3316 (Autumn Auctions Stehender Krieger Standing warrior. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Ringlet to back. Signs of age. According to the consignor the object ... | ||||
3317 (Autumn Auctions Stehende Frauenfigur Standing female figure. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Ringlet to back. Signs of age. According to the consignor the ... | ||||
3318 (Autumn Auctions Schamanen-Figur mit großem Kopfschmuck Shamanic figure with large headdress. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Two ringlets to back. Signs of age. According to ... |
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