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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1210 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Art Nouveau emerald ring with diamonds London 1904. Yellow gold 18k. Slightly elevated, laterally openworked and floral-ornamented front, centrally set with ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
1211 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Necklace pendant in historism style with emerald on chain Germany early | ||||
1212 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of Biedermeier earrings with emeralds and pearls Germany around 1850. Yellow gold 14k (tested) and foam gold. Detachable ear studs, with a movable, baluster-shaped ... | ||||
1213 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Biedermeier brooch with emeralds and pearls Germany around 1850. Yellow gold 14k (tested) and foam gold. Smooth, cartouche-shaped front, with two lateral stylised ... | ||||
1214 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Biedermeier brooch with turquoises Germany around 1840. Yellow gold 14k (tested). The front with engraved decoration, all-round accompanied by volutes, ... | ||||
1215 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of Biedermeier turquoise earrings Germany around 1840. 14k yellow gold (tested). Quatrefoil-shaped ear studs with movable, baluster-shaped pendant, the ... | ||||
1216 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Peridot ring with diamonds Early 21st C. Yellow gold 14k. Curved, intersecting ring band, front centrally set with one trillion-cut peridot ... | ||||
1217 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of peridot earrings with diamonds Early 21st C. Yellow and white gold 14k. Leverback hook centrally set on the front with one oval-cut peridot each, ... | ||||
1218 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of entourage ear studs with peridots and diamonds Early 21st C. White gold 14k. Ear studs set with one oval-cut peridot each, weighing in total approx. | ||||
1219 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of earrings with peridots, sapphires and diamonds 21st C. White gold 18k. Drop-shaped french clip, with four movable, drop-shaped, openworked pendants each, set with ... | ||||
1220 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Sapphire ring with diamonds 2000s. Yellow gold 18k. Wide, stepped front, centrally set with one oval-cut sapphire of approx. | ||||
1221 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Toi-et-Moi ring with diamond and sapphire Germany 1990s. Yellow gold 14k (tested). Curved, dividing front set with a brilliant-cut diamond weighing approx. ... | starting price: 1200,- EUR | |||
1222 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Rivière bracelet with sapphires and diamonds Germany 1990s. Yellow gold 18k. All-round movable oval and round links, alternately set with 25 oval-cut sapphires ... | starting price: 2800,- EUR | |||
1223 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of tanzanite ear studs Germany 2010s. Yellow gold 14k. Ear studs set with one oval-cut tanzanite each, weighing in total approx. | ||||
1224 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Gold pendant with sapphire on chain Germany late | ||||
1225 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Rivière ring with cornflower-blue sapphires and diamonds Joseph & Pearce, London 2000. Yellow and white gold 18k. Slightly elevated front, alternately set with three oval-cut ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
1226 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Diamond solitaire ring with diamond baguettes Germany 2020s. White gold 18k. Slightly elevated, laterally openworked front, centrally set with one brilliant-cut ... | ||||
1227 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Necklace with diamond solitaire Germany late | ||||
1228 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) White gold alliance bracelet with diamonds Germany 21st C. White gold 14k. All-round movable, square links, completely set with 62 brilliant-cut diamonds ... | ||||
1229 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) White gold tennis bracelet with diamonds weighing in total over 6 carats Germany 2000s. White gold 14k. All-round movable square links, completely set with 46 brilliant-cut diamonds weighing ... | ||||
1230 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Diamond solitaire ring weighing over 2 carats with diamond rivière Early 21st C. White gold 18k. Elevated, laterally openworked front, centrally set with one brilliant-cut diamond, ... | starting price: 11900,- EUR | |||
1231 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Engagement ring with diamonds Germany 21st C. White gold 18k. Slightly elevated, laterally openworked front, centrally set with a radiant-cut ... | ||||
1232 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of earrings with diamond rivière Germany 21st C. White gold 18k. Ear studs each with a rivière, set with 16 brilliant-cut diamonds each, weighing in ... | ||||
1233 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of white gold solitaire diamond ear studs with jackets «2 in 1» Germany 21st C. White gold 18k. Ear studs centrally set with one brilliant-cut diamond each, weighing in total approx. ... | starting price: 3200,- EUR | |||
1234 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) White gold memory bracelet with diamonds Germany 21st C. White gold 14k. All-round movable, round links, completely set with 46 brilliant-cut diamonds weighing ... | starting price: 3350,- EUR | |||
1235 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) White gold necklace with diamonds weighing in total 9 carats Sade Is, Istanbul 2000s. White and yellow gold 18k. Round, movable, graduated links, completely set with 71 ... | starting price: 12900,- EUR | |||
1236 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of modern earrings with diamond pave 21st C. White gold 18k. Oval french clip, thereon a drop-shaped pendant, completely set with 315 brilliant-cut ... | ||||
1237 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of diamond ear studs «Wave» 21st C. White gold 18k. French clip, wave-shaped, dividing front, completely set with 189 brilliant-cut diamonds each, ... | ||||
1238 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Memory ring with diamonds weighing in total 3,64 carats 21st C. White gold 14k. All-round set with 16 brilliant-cut diamonds weighing in total | ||||
1239 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Band ring with diamond pave Germany early 21st C. Yellow gold 18k and white gold rhodium-plated. Wide, slightly domed front, seven rows set with ... | starting price: 3600,- EUR |
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