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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0338 (Autumn Sale Henkelbecher Sheffield 1936. Silber. Runder, profilierter Stand, sich nach oben verjüngender, zylindrischer Korpus, profilierte ... | ||||
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0340 (Autumn Sale Paar Salz- und Pfefferstreuer 20 Jh. Silber 925 und farbloses, transparentes Glas. Runder Fuß mit umlaufendem Wellenband, kelchartiger, sich über ... | starting price: 50,- EUR | |||
0341 (Autumn Sale Konfektschale Anfang 20 Jh. Silber 925. Flacher, ovaler Stand, tief gemuldeter Korpus mit stabförmig durchbrochen gearbeitetem, ... | starting price: 50,- EUR | |||
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0346 (Autumn Sale Fischvorleger Leipzig wohl Anfang | ||||
0347 (Autumn Sale Konvolut Vorleger | ||||
0348 (Autumn Sale Fünf Speiselöffel Deutsch Anfang | starting price: 20,- EUR | |||
0349 (Autumn Sale Teeservice London 1914. Silber und Holz. 3-tlg. Bestehend aus Teekanne, Sahnegießer und Zuckerschale. Profilierter Rundfuß, ... | ||||
0350 (Autumn Sale Sechs Obstmesser Sheffield 1912. Silber. Gerundeter Griff, in Volute auslaufend. Reliefierter Floraldekor. Originaletui. ... | starting price: 60,- EUR | |||
0351 (Autumn Sale Trinkbecher Deutsch Mitte | ||||
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0353 (Autumn Sale Henkelschale Um 1900. Silber 800. Auf konisch ansteigendem Ovalfuß mit umlaufendem Floraldekor, gemuldete Ovalschale mit durch ... | ||||
0354 (Autumn Sale Paar Kerzenhalter | ||||
0355 (Autumn Sale Milchkännchen und Zuckerschale 20 Jh. Silber 925. Auf drei ausgestellten, in Palmetten mündenden Tatzenfüßen, eiförmiger Korpus mit einem bzw. zwei ... | starting price: 120,- EUR | |||
0356 (Autumn Sale Rundschale Deutsch um 1890. Silber 800. Flacher, runder Stand, gemuldeter Korpus, bewegte Fahne mit Wellenlinien und ... | ||||
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0358 (Autumn Sale Henkelschale Russland 1876. Silber 84 Solotnik. Auf drei Kugelfüßen, sechsfach eingezogener, gebauchter Korpus mit ... | ||||
0359 (Autumn Sale Obstschale Deutsch um 1900. Silber 800. Flacher, ovaler Stand, tief gemuldeter Korpus, ausgestellter, partiell durchbrochen ... | ||||
0360 (Autumn Sale Serviettenring Deutsch um 1900. Silber 800. Zylindrischer Korpus. Auf der Schauseite florale Kartusche mit Monogramm, verso zweites ... | ||||
0361 (Autumn Sale Konvolut Schälchen 19./ | ||||
0362 (Autumn Sale Kaffeekanne, Sahnegießer und Zuckerschale Finnland 1918. Silber 830. 3-tlg. Bestehend aus Kaffeekanne, Sahnegießer und Zuckerschale. Flacher, ovaler Stand, ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
0363 (Autumn Sale Konvolut Besteck Deutsch Anfang | ||||
0364 (Autumn Sale Anbietschale Berlin | starting price: 900,- EUR | |||
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