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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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Bauermeister, Mary
Geb. 1934 Frankfurt a.M., lebt und arbeitet in Köln.
«Skizzenbuch - Ein Tag in NY (sketchbook - one day in NY)». Three dimensional lens box, assemblage of glass, lenses, painted wood pencils, painted stones, India ink, pencil, cardboard, wood, brushes and a palette knife, in a white lacquered object box. Signed lower right, dated 2009 and numbered «Edition 3/12». Verso signed again, dated 2009, titled and numbered 3/12, in copy. Verso a label of Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne, with the work's data.
Unique work from a series of twelve individually designed examples. Published in 2009 by the artist in cooperation with Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne, on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name for the 75th birthday of Mary Bauermeister. The edition sold out quickly, two examples have been purchased by the acquisition committee for the Federal Art Collection of Germany, were exhibited at the Bundeskunsthalle and illustrated in the catalogue. Since the very successful solo exhibition at the Smith College Art Museum in Northampton, USA, in January 2015 the artist's works are in more demand than ever before and the prices in the international auction market have increased considerably. Enclosed a letter by the artist, explaining the idea and creation of the edition «one day in NY», in copy.
Authentication: We would like to thank Mrs Christel Schüppenhauer, Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne, for the authentication via
Provenance: Gallery Schüppenhauer, Cologne, 2009.
Exhibition: Aus meinem Skizzenbuch - Ein Tag in NY, Cologne, Gallery Schüppenhauer, 2009.
Geb. 1934 Frankfurt a.M., lebt und arbeitet in Köln.
«Skizzenbuch - Ein Tag in NY». Dreidimensionaler Linsenkasten, Assemblage aus Glas, Linsen, bemalten Holzstiften, bemalten Steinen, Tusche, Bleistift, Karton, Holz, Pinseln und Palettenmesser, in weiß lackiertem Objektkasten. U.r. sign., 2009 dat. und «Edition 3/12» num. Verso nochmals sign., 2009 dat., bet. und 3/12 num., in Kopie. Verso ein Etikett der Galerie Schüppenhauer, Köln, mit den Angaben zum Werk.
H. 32,8,
Unikat aus einer Serie von zwölf individuell gestalteten Exemplaren. Herausgegeben 2009 von der Künstlerin in Kooperation mit der Galerie Schüppenhauer, Köln, anlässlich der gleichnamigen Ausstellung zum 75. Geburtstag von Mary Bauermeister. Die Edition war schnell ausverkauft, zwei Exemplare wurden von der Bundesankaufskommission erworben und anschließend in einer Ausstellung der Sammlung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in der Bundeskunsthalle ausgestellt sowie im Katalog illustriert. Seit der großen Einzelausstellung im Januar 2015 im Smith College Art Museum in Northampton, USA, sind die Arbeiten der Künstlerin gefragter denn je und die Preise auf dem internationalen Auktionsmarkt deutlich angestiegen. Anbei ein Schreiben der Künstlerin zur Idee und Entstehung der Edition «one day in NY», in Kopie.
Authentifizierung: Wir danken Frau Christel Schüppenhauer, Galerie Schüppenhauer, Köln, für die Bestätigung der Echtheit via
Provenienz: Galerie Schüppenhauer, Köln, 2009.
Ausstellung: Aus meinem Skizzenbuch - Ein Tag in NY, Köln, Galerie Schüppenhauer, 2009.