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. | 3188 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Rizzi, James 1950 New York - 2011 ibid. «Danke (thank you)». 3D-construction from colour serigraph on light cardboard ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3189 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Rizzi, James 1950 New York - 2011 ibid. «Herzliche Grüße (warm greetings)». 3D-construction of colour serigraph on light ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3198 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Scherman, Tony 1950 Toronto - 2023 ibid. «About 1789 Robespierre's dream». Encaustic on canvas. Verso signed, dated (19)97 and ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3201 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Schumacher, Emil 1912 Hagen - 1999 San José/Ibiza. «G-18/1979». Mixed media with gouache, India ink and sand on brown primed ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3207 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Sims, Phil Born 1940 Richmond, lives and works in Lakewood and Yucatan. «Untitled Pastell». Pastel and pencil on drawing ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3208 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Spoerri, Daniel Born 1930 Galati, lives and works in Vienna. «Restaurant Spoerri Gmundener Geschirr (restaurant Spoerri Gmundener ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3212 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Tadeusz, Norbert 1940 Dortmund - 2011 Düsseldorf. Female nude. Oil pastel on light cardboard. Signed lower right and dated ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3215 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Tollens, Peter Born 1954 Kleve, lives and works in Cologne. «47/89». Oil on canvas. Verso on the canvas overlap signed and ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3222 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Völkle, Bernd Artur Born 1940 Müllheim, lives and works in Tannenkirch. «Malereilandschaft (painted landscape)». Mixed media with ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3228 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Warhol, Andy 1928 Pittsburgh - 1987 New York. «Mildred Scheel». Colour serigraph with so called «Diamond Dust» (ground glass) ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3229 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Warhol, Andy 1928 Pittsburgh - 1987 New York. «Mildred Scheel». Colour serigraph with so called «Diamond Dust» (ground glass) ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3233 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Waydelich, Raymond Émile Born 1938 Strasbourg, lives and works in Hindisheim. 1995. Weather vane with bullfighting scene. Iron, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3237 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Wesely, Michael Born 1963 Munich, lives and works in Berlin. «Echo Cliffs at Page». C-print on aluminium-dibond behind acrylic ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3238 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Wesely, Michael Born 1963 Munich, lives and works in Berlin. «Der Orinoco bei der Insel Guajibo (the Orinoco by the island ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3239 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Wesely, Michael Born 1963 Munich, lives and works in Berlin. «Der Orinoco am Camp Orinoquia spätnachmittags (the Orinoco at Camp ... | |||
Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022 Jewellery | ||||
1010 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Cartier ring «Trinity large model» Paris after 2004. Yellow, white and red gold 18k. Three movable, intertwined and variably wearable rings in three ... | ||||
1011 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Three tricolour bangles with diamonds weighing in total 24 carats Germany 21st C. Yellow, white and red gold 18k. Three intertwined bangles, completely set with 62 brilliant-cut ... | ||||
1017 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Vintage gold brooch «Attachment» Germany 1970s. Yellow gold 14k. Two intertwined rings, one polished, the other with guilloché. Hallmark. H 2,3, ... | ||||
1068 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Grima, Andrew 1921 Rome - 2007 Gstaad. Amethyst pendant brooch from the Omega «Jeu d'Or» collection. London and Biel 1972. ... | ||||
1078 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Deep Sea coral flower brooch with rubies Germany 1990s. Yellow gold 14k. Front with two daisies and leaves of polished, cut Deep Sea coral, accompanied by five ... | ||||
1084 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Four-row pearl bracelet with ruby closure Germany 1980s. White gold 14k. All-round four-row champagne-coloured Akoya cultured pearls (Diam. 5,5 to | ||||
1085 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Pearl bracelet with ruby closure Germany 1980s, White gold 18 k. All-round champagne-coloured Akoya cultured pearls (Diam. 6,9 to | ||||
1086 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) White gold alliance bracelet with pigeon-blood red rubies Germany 1980s. White gold 18k. All-round movable, square links, completely set with 48 brilliant-cut Burmese rubies ... | starting price: 2500,- EUR | |||
1097 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Necklace with multicoloured gemstones and diamonds Germany 1990s. Yellow gold 18k. All-round oval links, alternately set with 23 sapphire cabochons weighing in total ... | ||||
1166 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Gebrüder Weyersberg cluster ring with bottle-green tourmaline and diamonds Düsseldorf 1985. White gold 18k. Divided ring band, laterally openworked front, centrally set with an oval-cut ... | ||||
1169 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Jade holly brooch with Sciacca corals and diamonds France around 1980. White gold 18k (tested). Naturalistic holly leaf out of cut jade, the branch completely set with ... | ||||
1198 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Necklace «Gecko Ibiza» with diamonds Goldsmith Reinhard Maier, San Antonio 2013. Yellow gold 18k (Gecko, confirmed), silver 925 (chain) and gilt silver 925 ... | ||||
1209 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) White gold diamond necklace with South Sea pearls Germany late | ||||
1223 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Pair of heart ear studs with Fancy diamonds Germany 1980s. Yellow gold 18k. Ear studs set with one Fancy yellow-brown heart-cut diamond each, weighing in total ... | ||||
1255 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Magai coral medallion choker Germany around 1900. Yellow gold 14k (medallion, tested) and metal (closure). All-round double row of polished Magai ... |
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