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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Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
3295 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Standing female nude, torso. Circa | ||||
3296 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Sitting male nude with anatomical sketch. Circa | ||||
3297 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Standing male nude, javelin thrower. Circa | ||||
3298 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Standing male nude, seen from behind. Circa | ||||
3299 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Sitting male nude, turning away from the viewer. Circa | ||||
Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
3320 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. «Der Alte zum Fenster hinaussehend (the old man looking out of the window)» or «Der ... | ||||
3321 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Standing male nude, javelin thrower. Circa | starting price: 1500,- EUR | |||
3322 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Sitting male nude with anatomical sketch. Circa | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
3323 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Standing female nude, torso. Circa | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
3324 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Standing male nude, seen from behind. Circa | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
3325 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Sitting male nude, turning away from the viewer. Circa | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
3326 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Reclining male nude, young man. Circa | ||||
Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
4417 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. «Die Großmutter (the grandmother)». Oil on canvas, relined. Unsigned. Verso auction notes, ... | starting price: 12000,- EUR | |||
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4438 (Autumn Auctions Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. «Auf der Ruhebank (on the bench)». Circa 1860. Oil on panel. Unsigned. Verso handwritten ... | ||||
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2907 (Autumn Auctions Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. «Der Sonntagsjäger (the part-time hunter)». Oil on canvas, margin relined. Signed lower ... | starting price: 520000,- EUR | |||
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1703 (Spring Auctions Spitzweg, Carl 1808 M¸nchen - 1885 ebd. E ´Gebirgsschlucht (gorge in the mountains)ª. Oil on panel. The signature lower right with ... | ||||
1704 (Spring Auctions Spitzweg, Carl 1808 M¸nchen - 1885 ebd. E ´Der Hypochonder (the hypochondriac)ª. Oil on panel. Lower right with rhombus and stamp ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
1977 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. «Der Hypochonder». Öl/Holz, sog. Zigarrenbrettchen. Mann mit roter Kappe und Brille, sich ... | ||||
1978 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. «Die Großmutter». Öl/Lw. Brustbildnis im Dreiviertelprofil nach rechts der Maria Anna ... | ||||
1979 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. «Die Musik kommt (nächtliche Runde)». Öl/Karton. Im Vordergrund eine steinerne Brücke, ... | ||||
Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
2065 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. Aquarell/geprägtes Papier. Jäger im Wald. Am Ufer eines Gebirgsbachs zwischen großen ... | ||||
2066 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. Öl/Holz. Vorgebirgslandschaft mit einem Schloss im Mittelgrund. Das Querformat zeigt im ... | ||||
2067 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. Öl/Holz. Kleine Landschaft mit Mutter und Kind im Vordergrund, in der Ferne ein ... | ||||
2068 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. Öl/Holz. Sonntagmorgen. Auf einer mit Rankpflanzen bewachsenen und mit Kakteen ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
2333 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. Öl/Holz. «Das Ständchen». Auf einem Treppenabsatz - links davon ein Brunnen - steht ein ... | starting price: 120000,- EUR | |||
2334 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. Öl/Lw., doubl. «Auf der Bastei». Das Querformat in Form eines gedehnten Rechtecks zeigt ... | starting price: 350000,- EUR | |||
2335 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. Öl/Karton. «Die Scharwache». In einer getreppten, steinbelegten Gasse, die beidseitig von ... | starting price: 10,- EUR | |||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
1587a (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. Öl/Karton. Gefährliche Passage. Auf einem Steg über einem Bach im Grünen ein ... | ||||
1588 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. Öl/Holz. Nachtlandschaft mit Mühle am Bach. An den Ufern eines felsigen Gebirgsbaches eine ... | starting price: 25000,- EUR | |||
1589 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 München - 1885 ebd. Öl/Holz. «Der Platzkommandant». Auf der Treppe seines Dienstsitzes im Morgenrock der ... |
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