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. | 3105 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot a.d. Rot - 1981 Reutlingen. «Wald (forest)» from «Die Arche II (the ark II)». 1976. Woodcut on laid ... | starting price: 150,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3106 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot a.d. Rot - 1981 Reutlingen. «Bileam I (Bin ich nicht deine Eselin?) (Balaam I, am I not your ... | starting price: 150,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3107 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot a.d. Rot - 1981 Reutlingen. «Blutendes Kreta (bleeding Crete)» aus «Hellas II». 1967. Colour woodcut on ... | starting price: 150,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3108 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot a.d. Rot - 1981 Reutlingen. «Bileam II (Trauerarbeit) (Balaam II, mourning work)». 1966 resp. 1971/72. ... | |||
Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2083 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot a.d. Rot - 1981 Reutlingen. «Pan in Dornen (Dornenpan) (Pan in thorns, thorn Pan)». Woodcut in three ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2109 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. «Figurensträusse (bouquets of figures)». 1971. Complete portfolio, consisting of ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2110 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. «Totentanz von Basel». The complete series of 40 sheets in three calendar ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2111 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. From «Carl Orff: Carmina Burana». 1965. Two woodcuts in colours on laid paper. ... | |||
Spring Auctions | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2097 (Spring Auctions Grieshaber, HAP «Totentanz von Basel mit den Dialogen des mittelalterlichen Wandbildes» Published by VEB Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1966. Printed by Leipziger Presse, Leipzig 1966. Texts in German, English ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | ||
Autumn Auctions | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2157 (Autumn Auctions Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Flower girl. 1967. Woodcut in colours on japon. Numbered I/XXV lower left and ... | |||
Autumn Auctions | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1126 (Autumn Auctions Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim. Head with feet. Aquatec, graphite and watercolour on paper. Signed upper left in pencil. ... | |||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1700 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Farbholzschnitt. «Blaue Vase - Hommage à Cézanne». Abstrahierte Darstellung ... | starting price: 850,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1701 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Farbholzschnitt. «Ara», 1966. Zwei weibliche Personen, die eine einen prächtigen ... | |||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Modern Prints | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1989 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Konvolut von drei Mappenwerken | |||
Autumn Auction | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2307 (Autumn Auction Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Farbholzschnitt. Zwischen zwei Bäumen stehender weiblicher Akt. Im Hintergrund ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2308 (Autumn Auction Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Farbholzschnitt. «Tod und Blinder» aus «Totentanz von Basel». Der Tod in Gestalt ... | starting price: 50,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2309 (Autumn Auction Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Holzschnitt. Mammutjäger. Bärtiger Mann mit Schild und Speer, dahinter ein ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2310 (Autumn Auction Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Mappenwerk mit drei Farbholzschnitten und Buch. «Helas II». «Athene Parthenos», ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2311 (Autumn Auction Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Mappenwerk mit vier Holzschnitten und Buch. «Die Arche II». «Wald», «Sturzflug», ... | |||
Spring Sale | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2166 (Spring Sale Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Gouache. Gartenlandschaft. Abstrakte Komposition mit winkelförmigen Strukturen ... | |||
Spring Sale | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2301 (Spring Sale Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Farbholzschnitt. Abstrahierte Figurengruppe mit Engel auf olivfarbenem Fond. Mit ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2302 (Spring Sale Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Farbholzschnitt. Abstrahierte sitzende Figur in Schwarz, Blau, Rot und Grau. Mit ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2303 (Spring Sale Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Farbholzschnitt. Abstrakte Komposition in Orange, Violett und Grün. Mit ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2304 (Spring Sale Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Farbholzschnitt. Abstrakte Komposition in Blau und Grün mit laufender Figur ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2305 (Spring Sale Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Farbholzschnitt. «Tod und Abt» aus «Totentanz von Basel». Tod mit Sichel und Abt ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2306 (Spring Sale Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Farbholzschnitt. «Tod und Kaiser» aus «Totentanz von Basel». Skelettierter Tod ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2307 (Spring Sale Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Holzschnitt. Stehende Figur mit Papagei auf dem Arm und auf einem blühenden ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2308 (Spring Sale Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Farbholzschnitt. Zwischen zwei Bäumen stehender weiblicher Akt. Im Hintergrund ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2309 (Spring Sale Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Farbholzschnitt. «Tod und Chorherr» aus «Totentanz von Basel». Vor dem ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2310 (Spring Sale Grieshaber, HAP 1909 Rot-Achalm - 1981 Reutlingen. Farbholzschnitt. «Tod und Blinder» aus «Totentanz von Basel». Der Tod in Gestalt ... | starting price: 100,- EUR |
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