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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Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Miniatures | ||||
1621 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Miniaturmaler Um 1815. Papst Pius VI. Bleistift/Papier. In ovalem Bildfeld Brustporträt des Papstes mit Hut im Profil. Unsign. ... | ||||
1622 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Miniaturmaler Schattenporträt. Tusche/Papier. Brustbildnis einer Dame mit Perücke im Profil. Gesicht nur als ... | ||||
1623 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Englischer Miniaturmaler Ende Damenbildnis. Tempera/Elfenbein. In ovalem Bildfeld Brustporträt einer jungen Dame in ... | ||||
1625 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Miniaturmaler Schattenporträt. Tusche/Papier. Bildnis eines Herrn mit Perücke im Profil. Gesicht nur als ... | ||||
1626 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Englischer Miniaturmaler Ende Porträt einer jungen Dame. Tempera/Elfenbein. In ovalem Bildfeld Darstellung einer jungen ... | ||||
1627 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Englischer Miniaturmaler Ende Bildnis eines Mädchens. Tempera/Elfenbein. In ovalem Bildfeld Brustporträt eines jungen ... | ||||
1628 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Biedermeierminiaturmaler 1. Hälfte Bildnis eines Herrn. Tusche und Aquarell/Papier. In ovalem Bildfeld Brustporträt ... | ||||
1630 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Miniaturmaler Anfang Porträt einer jungen Dame. Bleistift/Papier. In Tondo Brustbildnis eins Mädchens mit ... | ||||
1632 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Miniaturmaler Dame mit Pelz. Tempera/Elfenbein. In ovalem Bildfeld Brustporträt einer jungen Dame mit ... | ||||
1633 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Miniaturmaler Anfang Bildnis eines Mädchens. Tempera/Elfenbein. In ovalem Bildfeld Porträt eines Mädchens ... | ||||
1634 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Biedermeierminiaturmaler 1. Hälfte Herrenporträt. Tempera/Elfenbein. In ovalem Bildfeld Brustbildnis eines älteren ... | ||||
1635 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Biedermeierminiaturmaler 1. Hälfte Porträt einer Dame. Tempera/Elfenbein. In Tondo Brustbildnis einer Dame in schwarzem ... | ||||
1636 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Miniaturmaler 18./ Porträt eines Mädchens. Tempera/Elfenbein. In viereckigem Bildfeld Brustbildnis eines ... | ||||
1637 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Peter, (?) Miniaturmaler Mitte Mädchenporträt. Tempera/Elfenbein. In Oval Bildnis eines jungen Mädchens ... | ||||
1638 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Bouvier, Pierre Louis 1765 Genf - 1836 ebd. Damenporträt. Tempera/Elfenbein. In ovalem Bildfeld Brustbildnis einer prächtig gekleideten ... | ||||
1639 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Miniaturmaler Damenporträt. Tempera/Elfenbein. In Oval Brustbildnis einer älteren Dame mit Haube. Unsign. ... | ||||
1640 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Pauli, J. Miniaturmaler Mitte Kniestück einer jungen Dame. Tempera/Porzellan. In viereckigem Bildfeld ... | ||||
1641 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Bruder, Salomé Miniaturmalerin Mädchenporträt. Tempera/Elfenbein. In Oval Brustbildnis eines Mädchens in ... | ||||
1643 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Weber, (?) Miniaturmaler Ende Dorfszene mit Reitern. Gouache. Vor Fachwerkhaus in dörflicher Umgebung ... | ||||
1644 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Miniaturmaler Anfang Porträt der Gräfin von Grabowska. Tempera/Elfenbein. In viereckigem Bildfeld Bildnis ... | ||||
1645 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Miniaturmaler Kaiserin Auguste von Österreich. Tempera/Elfenbein. In ovalem Bildfeld, Brustbildnis der ... | ||||
1647 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Hofminiaturmaler Porträt eines Edelmannes. Öl/Karton. In viereckigem Bildfeld Brustbildnis eines jungen Adligen ... | ||||
Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010 Miniatures | ||||
1718 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Peter, (?) Miniaturmaler Mitte Tempera/Elfenbein. In Oval Bildnis eines jungen Mädchens in weißem Kleid ... | ||||
1719 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Bruder, Salomé Miniaturmalerin Tempera/Elfenbein. In Oval Brustbildnis eines Mädchens in weißem Kleid, mit ... | ||||
1720 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Miniaturmaler Tempera/Elfenbein. In Oval Brustbildnis einer älteren Dame mit Haube. Unsign. ... | ||||
1721 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Miniaturmaler Anfang Aquarell/Elfenbein. Im Oval Brustbildnis eines älteren Herrn mit grauer Perücke, ... | ||||
1722 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Miniaturmaler Um 1800. Aquarell/Elfenbein. In Tondo in Landschaft auf einem Lehnstuhl sitzende junge Frau. U.r. sign. «Rousset». ... | ||||
1724 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Labougean, L. Miniaturmaler Anfang Tempera/Elfenbein. Paar Bildnisse. Nach Rogier van der Weyden und der ... | ||||
1725 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Miniaturmaler Anfang Tempera/Elfenbein. In Elfenbeinrahmen in viereckigem Bildfeld Geschwisterpaar im Garten ... | ||||
1726 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Miniaturmaler Anfang Tempera/Elfenbein. In Elfenbeinrahmen in Oval Bildnis einer jungen Dame in prächtigem ... |
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