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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Image under artist's copyright. | 1949 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Farblithographie. Weiße Taube mit Zweig im Schnabel auf einer Anhäufung aus Rollen, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1950 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Lithographie. «Femme nue et homme à la Canne». Stehender weiblicher Akt und ihn ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1951 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Radierung. Modèle et Grande Tête sculptée. Interieur mit stehendem weiblichem Akt, im ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1952 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Radierung. Porträt eines Mannes mit Mühlsteinkragen, im Hintergrund zwei weitere ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2335 (Autumn Auction Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Lithographie. Aus «Carnet de la Californie». Atelierinterieur. Raum mit vielen Objekten ... | starting price: 150,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2336 (Autumn Auction Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Aquatintaradierung/Lithographie. Aus «Gongora - Vingt Poèmes», «Soneto heroico». ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2337 (Autumn Auction Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Lithographie. Stierkampf. Reitender Torero, mit einer Lanze den Stier angreifend. Neben ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2333 (Spring Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Lithographie. «Corrida - avant la Pique». Berittener Stierkämpfer, mit seiner Lanze ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2334 (Spring Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Druck. Sitzender bärtiger Zeichner, einen weiblichen Akt porträtierend. Verso die ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2335 (Spring Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Lithographie. Aus «Verve | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2336 (Spring Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Mappenwerk mit 36 Lithographien. «Album Croquis». Blätter aus dem Skizzenalbum des ... | starting price: 1200,- EUR | ||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2760 (Autumn Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Farblithographie. Mutter, ihr Kind stillend, ein Mann sie beobachtend. Im Stein u.r. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2761 (Autumn Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Lithographie. Hrsg. von Louis Broder 1956. Porträt des Paul Eluard im Profil nach ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2762 (Autumn Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Lithographie. «Le Dormeur». Im Bett liegender schlafender Mann, von einem neben ihm ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2763 (Autumn Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Farblithographie. «Femme assise». Auf einem Stuhl sitzender weiblicher Halbakt. Im ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2764 (Autumn Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Radierung. «Modèle et Grande Tête sculptée». Stehender weiblicher Akt neben großer ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2396 (Spring Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Kunstdruck. Männlicher Akt im Schneidersitz, daneben weiblicher sitzender Akt mit ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2397 (Spring Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Farblithographie. Skizzenhafte Darstellung eines Mannes im weißen Clownsanzug mit ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2379 (Autumn Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Heliogravure. Der Maler und sein Modell. Bärtiger Mann mit Nickelbrille, einen ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2380 (Autumn Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Lithographie. Liegender Akt und Katze. Hommage à Georges Braque. Doppelseite aus ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2381 (Autumn Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Farblithographie. Vor schwarzer Fläche im Schneidersitz sitzende buddaähnliche ... | starting price: 150,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2382 (Autumn Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Lithographie. Künstler vor seiner Staffelei im Atelier, rechts Ausblick in die ... | starting price: 350,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2383 (Autumn Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Lithographie. «Minotaurus mit bärtigem Zecher und Frauen». U.r. bez. und Prägestempel ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2384 (Autumn Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Pochoir. «Homme et Mouton». Bärtiger Mann, ein Schaf auf dem Arm haltend. Mitte r. «30 ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2474 (Spring Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Linolschnitt. "L'Etrainte II". Am Boden liegendes Paar in enger Umarmung. In der ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2956 (Autumn Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Kunstdruck. Die Friedenstaube. Auf der Platte u.r. sign. | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2957 (Autumn Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Heliogravure. Zwei Darstellungen aus der "Comédie humaine". Langgestreckt sitzender ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2958 (Autumn Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Farblithographie. Zirkusdompteur und Frau auf Pferd in der Manege. Auf dem Stein o.l. ... |
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