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. | 2142 (Autumn Auctions Merkel, Florian Geb. 1961 Chemnitz, lebt und arbeitet in Hannover und Berlin. «Salomé nach Strozzi (Salomé after Strozzi)». Silver ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2156 (Autumn Auctions Poirier, Anne und Patrick Geb. 1942 Marseille bzw. 1942 Nantes, leben und arbeiten in Paris und Lourmarin. «Memoria Mundi». Unique made of ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2158 (Autumn Auctions Polke, Sigmar 1941 Oels - 2010 Köln. «Desastres und andere bare Wunder». Black and white photograph on Agfa photo paper (unique ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2189 (Autumn Auctions Zangs, Herbert 1924 Krefeld - 2003 ebd. White film spool. Circa 1955. Assemblage of a film spool with partially rolled off film, ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2052 (Spring Auctions Bay, Enrico 1924 Mailand - 2003 Vergiate. «Personaggio decorato». 1965. Assemblage made of mirror, different textiles, cords ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2103 (Spring Auctions Helnwein, Gottfried Geb. 1948 Wien, lebt und arbeitet in Los Angeles und Irland. «Boulevard of broken Dreams». Lithograph in colours on ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2123 (Spring Auctions Klapheck, Konrad Geb. 1935 Düsseldorf, lebt und arbeitet in Düsseldorf. «Der Eroberer (the conqueror)». Oil on canvas. Signed verso ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2124 (Spring Auctions Klapheck, Konrad Geb. 1935 Düsseldorf, lebt und arbeitet in Düsseldorf. «Vorzeichnung zu Bekenntnis/Confession (study for ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2125 (Spring Auctions Klasen, Peter 1935 Lübeck, lebt und arbeitet in Vincennes. «Branchement». Acrylic on canvas. Verso signed, dated 1988 and titled, ... | starting price: 18000,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2161 (Spring Auctions Poirier, Anne und Patrick Geb. 1942 Marseille bzw. 1942 Nantes, leben und arbeiten in Paris und Lourmarin. «Ieri et Domani». 2006. Two ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2162 (Spring Auctions Poirier, Anne und Patrick Geb. 1942 Marseille bzw. 1942 Nantes, leben und arbeiten in Paris und Lourmarin. «Memoria Mundi». Unique made of ... | starting price: 3000,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2193 (Spring Auctions Sicilia, José María Geb. 1954 Madrid, lebt und arbeitet in Paris, Mallorca und New York. «Fleur vert». Acrylic on canvas. Signed verso ... | starting price: 20000,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2206 (Spring Auctions Tobiasse, Théo 1927 Jaffa - 2012 St. Paul de Vence. «Le Cantique des Cantiques». Gouache and mixed media on wove paper. Signed ... | starting price: 9000,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2207 (Spring Auctions Tobiasse, Théo 1927 Jaffa - 2012 St. Paul de Vence. «Le Cantique des Cantiques». Gouache and mixed media on wove paper. Signed ... | starting price: 9000,- EUR | ||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2092 (Autumn Auctions Beuys, Joseph 1921 Kleve - 1985 Düsseldorf. «Joseph Beuys, Zeichnungen, Bilder, Plastiken, Objekte von | starting price: 300,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2107 (Autumn Auctions Beuys, Joseph 1921 Kleve - 1985 Düsseldorf. «Celtic + ~». Assemblage. Edition label with short text inside lid, signed and ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2108 (Autumn Auctions Beuys, Joseph 1921 Kleve - 1985 Düsseldorf. «Entfernter Schauplatz (distant scene)». 1980. Picturebook with 50 photographs by ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2109 (Autumn Auctions Beuys, Joseph 1921 Kleve - 1985 Düsseldorf. «Naturerfahrung in Afrika (nature experience in Africa)». Multiple with 16 ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2119 (Autumn Auctions Brodwolf, Jürgen Geb. 1932 Dübendorf. «Abschied (farewell)». Object box, oil on canvas, glass, metal, aluminium. Verso on gallery ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2120 (Autumn Auctions Brodwolf, Jürgen Geb. 1932 Dübendorf. «Stele mit Tierschädel (shaft with animal skull)». Object box, oil on panel, glass, aluminium, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2121 (Autumn Auctions Brodwolf, Jürgen Geb. 1932 Dübendorf. «Das Tor (the gate)». Object box, oil on canvas, glass, panel, aluminium, metal. On the stove ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2122 (Autumn Auctions Brodwolf, Jürgen Geb. 1932 Dübendorf. «Torso Figurenbuch (torso figure book)». Panel, cotton, clay on canvas. On wooden box titled, ... | starting price: 2500,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2123 (Autumn Auctions Brodwolf, Jürgen Geb. 1932 Dübendorf. «Ruhekissen (pillow)». Wood, cotton and aluminium. Therein two volumes of the catalogue ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2124 (Autumn Auctions Brodwolf, Jürgen Geb. 1932 Dübendorf. «Verletzung (injury)». Papier-mâché, gauze and clay on canvas in wooden box. Signed and dated ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2125 (Autumn Auctions Brodwolf, Jürgen Geb. 1932 Dübendorf. «Figurenfragment (Büste-Bein-Rumpf) (fragment of figure (bust-leg-torso))». Triptych. Nessle ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2126 (Autumn Auctions Brodwolf, Jürgen Geb. 1932 Dübendorf. «Stehende und sitzende Figur (standing and sitting figure)». Watercolour and pencil on paper. ... | starting price: 1600,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2127 (Autumn Auctions Brodwolf, Jürgen Geb. 1932 Dübendorf. Red and blue figure. Watercolour on paper. Signed and dated (19)66 lower left in pencil. Photo ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2135 (Autumn Auctions Chen, Jiagang Geb. 1962 Sichuan. «Temptation-25 - Afterlight». Lambda print. Inscribed in Chinese, numbered 3/12, signed and ... | starting price: 9500,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2190 (Autumn Auctions Linssen, Jupp Geb. 1957 Kempen. Flower. Mixed media on linen. Signed lower left and dated (19)91. Unframed. Provenance: private ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2245 (Autumn Auctions Stöhrer, Walter 1937 Stuttgart - 2000 Scholderup. Untitled. Circa 1958. Mixed media on canvas. Verso signed and inscribed «Reimann» ... | starting price: 12500,- EUR |
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