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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1060 Belle Époque pearl necklace with pendant brooch France around 1900. Yellow gold 18k. Round links, front alternately divided by rosette-shaped blossoms and graduated ... | ||||
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1076 Juwelier Schilling ring with fancy yellow diamond weighing over 3 carats Juwelier Schilling, Stuttgart 1960s. Yellow and white gold 18k. Three-parted ring band, slightly elevated front, ... | ||||
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1080 Vintage gold chain «Saturn» Germany 1970s. Yellow gold 18k (tested). All-round circular and elliptical fantasy links. Plug closure. L | ||||
1081 Gold chain Friedrich Binder, Mönsheim 1990s. Yellow gold 14k. All-round polished, curved, flat curb links. Carabiner clasp. ... | ||||
1082 Art Deco watch chain Germany 1930s. Yellow gold 18k (clasp) and yellow gold 18k (chain, tested). All-round polished oat grain links. ... | ||||
1083 Vintage gold chain Germany 1970s. Yellow gold 14k. All-round delicate, polished Venetian links. Spring ring clasp. Hallmark and ... | ||||
1084 Retro gold chain «Fantasy» Germany 1930s. Yellow gold 18k (chain, tested) and red gold 9k (clasp). All-round fine intertwined fantasy links. ... | ||||
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1088 Pair of rose gold diamond ear studs Germany 21st C. Red gold 14k. Ear studs set with one brilliant-cut diamond each, weighing in total approx. | ||||
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