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 24.11–25.11.2023 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3234 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Weber, Konstantin Born 1949 «Lisa». Oil on plywood. ... | starting price: 250,- EUR | ||
Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2062 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Schindler, Theodor 1870 Malsch - 1950 ibid. Surreal still life. Red tulips, pumpkins and vases. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right ... | |||
Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
3296 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Sitting male nude with anatomical sketch. Circa | ||||
Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021 Books and Atlases | ||||
3391 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Zacharias a Sancta Elisabeth Elementa jurisprudentiae theologicae, seu institutionum Justinianaearum epitome [...]. Vienna, Franz Andreas ... | ||||
3427 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Joachim von Sandrart Der Teutschen Academie Zweyter und letzter Haupt-Theil / Von Der Edlen Bau- Bild- und Mahlerey-Künste [...]. Carel van ... | ||||
Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2007 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Berges, Werner 1941 Cloppenburg - 2017 Schallstadt. «50 A O Kurse (50 A O courses)». Serigraph in colours on Arches laid paper ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2009 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Berges, Werner 1941 Cloppenburg - 2017 Schallstadt. «Etwas indiskret 3 (slightly indiscreet 3)». Collaged etching coloured à la ... | starting price: 500,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2139 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Kronstadt - 1974 Wehr a.R. Flower bouquet in spherical vase. Oil on burlap. Signed lower right. H 30, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2140 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Kronstadt - 1974 Wehr a.R. On the way to the market. Watercolour and gouache on cream wove paper, mounted ... | |||
Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Furniture | ||||
3100 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Iron chest with shackle locks Germany circa 1700. Iron, painted in polychrome colours. Cuboid iron chest with all-round crossed iron bands and two ... | ||||
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 | ||||
Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019 Jewellery | ||||
1222 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Bangle with opals and diamonds Juwelier Hohenberger, Hof 2000. White gold 18k. Oval bangle with hinge, elevated front, set with five opal cabochons ... | starting price: 3800,- EUR | |||
Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2138 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Wintersberger, Lambert Maria 1941 Munich - 2013 Walbourg. «Cookson». Oil on canvas. Verso signed, titled and dated 1974. Verso on the ... | |||
Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
3218 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Leuenberger, Ernst Otto 1856 Berne - 1937 Lugano. Joyful greeting in early spring. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. H 109,5, W 76,5 ... | starting price: 1500,- EUR | |||
Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2055 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Picasso, Pablo 1881 Málaga - 1973 Mougins. «Eros». Blue ink on paper, mounted on backing cardboard. Signed upper middle, dated ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018 Boxes and Caskets | ||||
3357 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Elfenbeinkassette im Stil der Embriachi Embriachi style ivory case. Upper Italy | ||||
3358 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Kleines Runddeckelkästchen mit Porträtbüsten Small box with arched lid and portrait busts. France | ||||
3359 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Schmuckschatulle mit Silberbeschlägen Jewel case with silver fittings. France | ||||
Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
3404 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Berger, Ronald Geb. 1943 Salzburg, lebt und arbeitet in Österreich. «Stillleben mit Äpfeln (still life with apples)». Oil on ... | ||||
3405 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Berger, Ronald Geb. 1943 Salzburg, lebt und arbeitet in Österreich. «Stillleben mit Birnen (still life with pears)». Oil on panel. ... | ||||
3511 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Spanish Forger (auch Le Fossaire Espagnol) attr. Two counterparts. Townscape with river view and figure staffage. Townscape with tournament scene. Tempera on ... | ||||
Winter Auctions 08.–09.12.2017 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3025 (Winter Auctions 08.–09.12.2017) Moore, Henry 1898 Castleford - 1986 Much Hadham. «Violet torso on orange stripes». Lithograph in colours on Japan nacré. Signed ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3029 (Winter Auctions 08.–09.12.2017) Schönberger, Armand 1885 Galgóc - 1974 Budapest. «Cabaret». Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Verso auction note. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3050 (Winter Auctions 08.–09.12.2017) Beuys, Joseph 1921 Kleve - 1985 Düsseldorf. «Urschlitten I (ancient sleigh I)». Etching and drypoint on laid paper. Signed lower ... |
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