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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1971 (Spring Sale Glattacker, Adolf 1878 Wehr i. Wiesental - 1971 Tüllingen. Kassette mit 18 Werken, darunter Tusch- und Bleistiftzeichnungen sowie ... | ||||
2137 (Spring Sale Monogrammist Anfang Öl/Malkarton. Südliche Küstenlandschaft mit reicher Bebauung und zahlreichen ... | ||||
2138 (Spring Sale Monogrammist C.M. Landschaftsmaler 1. Hälfte Aquarell. Feldweg durch flache, leicht hügelige Landschaft, ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | |||
2139 (Spring Sale Monogrammist E.W. Genremaler 18./ Öl/Lw., doubl. Vor Flusslandschaft rastender Kuhhirte, von Frau mit Hut etwas ... | starting price: 1100,- EUR | |||
2140 (Spring Sale Monogrammist H.H. Porträtist um 1900. Öl/Lw. Kniestück einer schräg in einem roten Sessel sitzenden jungen Frau in üppig gerüschter ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
2141 (Spring Sale Monogrammist H.V. Vedutenmaler 2. Hälfte Öl/Lw./Holz. Ansicht des "Hotel Russischer Hof" in Weimar. Im ... | ||||
2142 (Spring Sale Monogrammist J.G. Porträtist Mitte Gouache und Aquarell. Halbfigurenbildnis einer jungen Frau in schwarzem Kleid ... | ||||
2143 (Spring Sale Monogrammist M.L. Stilllebenmaler Ende Öl/Lw. In blau-weißer Chinavase prächtiger Herbststrauß mit ... | ||||
2144 (Spring Sale Monogrammist W.B. Maler Öl/Lw. Blick von leicht erhöhtem Standpunkt auf eine weiße Stadt mit mehreren ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2335 (Spring Sale Monogrammist C.R. Moderner Maler Öl/Lw. Auf einem Sofa liegender rothaariger Frauenakt. U.l. monogr. H. 45, ... | starting price: 125,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2336 (Spring Sale Monogrammist H.O. Moderner Landschaftsmaler 1. Hälfte Öl/Lw. Oberschreiber Hau im Riesengebirge. Blick auf ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2337 (Spring Sale Monogrammist J.v.H. Maler Kohle und schwarze Kreide. Brustbildnis eines Mannes mit hoher Stirn und Brille im ... | starting price: 50,- EUR | ||
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2139 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist E.W. Miniaturmaler 19./ Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Tondo Brustbildnis einer jungen Frau mit roter ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | |||
2143 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist H.K. Miniaturmaler 19./ Gouache. Im Tondo Halbfigurenbildnis von Madame Récamiere mit hochgestecktem ... | ||||
2152 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist R.B. Miniaturmaler Tempera. Bildnis einer jungen Frau in weißem Rüschenkleid mit schwarzem Umhang ... | ||||
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2520 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist Bleistiftzeichnung mit Weißhöhungen. Vereister See mit Eisläufern, am Ufer Windmühle, Turm und ... | starting price: 150,- EUR | |||
2521 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist C.H. Maler 19./ Öl/Holz. Am Boden sitzende junge Frau in weißem Leinenkleid, sich ein rotes Band ins ... | ||||
2522 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist C.S. Maler 2. Hälfte Öl/Lw. Auf einer Waldlichtung liegender Hirsch mit Hirschkuh. U.l. monogr. und ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
2523 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist E.S. 1. Hälfte Öl/Lw. Brustporträt eines bärtigen alten Mannes im Dreiviertelprofil nach links. ... | starting price: 220,- EUR | |||
2524 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist H.v.H. Landschaftsmaler 19./ Öl/Malkarton. "Deutscher Eichenwald". U.l. monogr. Verso bet. | ||||
2525 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist J.G. Porträtist Mitte Gouache und Aquarell. Halbfigurenbildnis einer jungen Frau in schwarzem Kleid ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | |||
2526 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist J.J.B. Frankreich Mitte Öl/Lw. In südlicher Landschaft reitende Kürassiere. Rechts im Vordergrund zum ... | starting price: 8000,- EUR | |||
2527 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist M.S. 1. Hälfte Öl/Malkarton. Auf einem Weg junge Frau in blauem Gewand, eine ältere in rotem Gewand ... | ||||
2528 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist P.J. Maler 19./ Öl/Malkarton. Studie einer wohlbeleibten Ordensschwester mit weißer Flügelhaube, die ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
2529 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist P.M. Landschaftsmaler um 1900. Öl/Malkarton. Blick auf den Luganer See. Rechts im Vordergrund bewachsener Berghang mit ... | ||||
2530 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist R.Kr. Stilllebenmaler Öl/Lw. Üppiger Sommerstrauß in von unterem Bildrand überschnittener Glasvase ... | starting price: 150,- EUR | |||
2531 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist R.Kr. Stilllebenmaler Öl/Lw. Auf Tisch stehender Wiesenblumenstrauß in Henkelkrug vor changierendem ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | |||
2532 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist W.H.G. Vedutenmaler 19./ Öl/Holz. Blick auf das vieltürmige Schloss Bürresheim. U.r. monogr. | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2754 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist F. Expressiver Maler 1. Hälfte Öl/Malkarton. In der Wüste am Boden kniende Figur in weißem ... | starting price: 120,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2755 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist J.v.H. Maler Kohle und schwarze Kreide. Brustbildnis eines Mannes mit hoher Stirn und Brille im ... | starting price: 200,- EUR |
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