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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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Herbstauktionen 19.–20.10.2018
Sicilia, José María
Geb. 1954 Madrid, lebt und arbeitet in Paris, Mallorca und New York.
«s/t». Acrylic on canvas. Verso signed, titled, dated «Soller (19)89», inscribed and arrow as well as a label of the Möbel-Transport AG, Basel and Zurich, with the note «Port Franc Bâle». Verso on the stretcher inscribed «Pla d'en bieleta, Soller, A.g. Fontanet», a label of the Gallery Natalie Seroussi, Paris, and a label of the Blum Helman Gallery, New York, each with the work's data as well as a label of André Chenue & Fils Transports Internationaux, Paris, for the Gallery Natalie Seroussi, Paris.
H 40,5, W 200,6 cm. Unframed.
José María Sicilia is one of the most important and influential contemporary artists of Spain, whose works are attracting high interest worldwide and are included in the most famous public and private collections. Characteristic for the works of the artist is their translucent play of lights and shadows.
Authentication: We would like to thank Mr Philippe Manzone, Gallery Chantal Crousel, Paris, for the direct consultation of the artist and the authentication via
Provenance: Blum Helman Gallery, New York; Gallery Natalie Seroussi, Paris; private collection Switzerland.
Exhibition: Tàpies-Barceló-Sicilia, Paris, Gallery Natalie Seroussi, 1988. 
Geb. 1954 Madrid, lebt und arbeitet in Paris, Mallorca und New York.
«s/t». Acryl auf Leinwand. Verso sign., bet., «Soller (19)89» dat., bez. und Richtungspfeil sowie ein Etikett der Möbel-Transport AG, Basel und Zürich, mit dem Vermerk «Port Franc Bâle». Verso auf dem Keilrahmen handschriftlich bez. «Pla d'en bieleta, Soller, A.g. Fontanet», ein Ausstellungsetikett der Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris, und ein Etikett der Blum Helman Gallery, New York, jeweils mit den Angaben zum Werk, sowie ein Etikett von André Chenue & Fils Transports Internationaux, Paris, für die Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris.
H. 40,5,
José María Sicilia ist einer der wichtigsten und einflussreichsten zeitgenössischen Künstler Spaniens, dessen Werke international große Beachtung finden und mittlerweile in den bedeutendsten privaten und öffentlichen Sammlungen vertreten sind. Charakteristisch an den Arbeiten des Künstlers ist ihr transluzentes Spiel mit Licht und Schatten.
Echtheitsbestätigung: Wir danken Herrn Philippe Manzone, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, für die direkte Rücksprache mit dem Künstler und die Bestätigung der Echtheit via
Provenienz: Blum Helman Gallery, New York; Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris; Privatsammlung Schweiz.
Ausstellung: Tàpies-Barceló-Sicilia, Paris, Galerie Natalie Seroussi, 1988.