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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Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012 Miniatures | ||||
4581 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Biedermeierminiaturmaler Biedermeier miniature painter circa 1830. Portrait of a lady. Tempera on ivory. Verso inscribed and dated 1837. Small ... | ||||
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2744 (Autumn Auctions Biedermeierminiaturmaler Biedermeier miniature painter circa 1830. Portrait of a young man. Tempera on ivory. Unsigned. Crack and small part ... | ||||
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1463 (Spring Auctions Biedermeierminiaturmaler Biedermeier miniature painter first half 19th c. Portrait of a lady. Tempera on ivory. Unsigned. Crack. DDDD1. ... | ||||
1464 (Spring Auctions Biedermeierminiaturmaler Biedermeier miniature painter first half 19th c. Portrait of a man. Ink and watercolour on paper. Unsigned. Small ... | ||||
1467 (Spring Auctions Biedermeierminiaturmaler Biedermeier miniature painter first half 19th c. Portrait of a man. Tempera on ivory. Unsigned. Minor hole, small ... | ||||
1468 (Spring Auctions Biedermeierminiaturmaler Biedermeier miniature painter first half 19th c. Portait of a man. Tempera on ivory. Unsigned. DDDD1. H”lfte 19. ... | ||||
1469 (Spring Auctions Biedermeierminiaturmaler Biedermeier miniature painter first half 19th c. Portrait of a man. Tempera on ivory. Unsigned. Retouching. DDDD1. ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Miniatures | ||||
1610 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Biedermeierminiaturmaler 1. Hälfte Porträt eines Herrn. Tempera/Elfenbein. In ovalem Bildfeld Brustporträt eines ... | ||||
1612 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Biedermeierminiaturmaler 1. Hälfte Porträt eines Herrn. Tempera/Elfenbein. In ovalem Bildfeld Brustbildnis eines jungen ... | ||||
1628 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Biedermeierminiaturmaler 1. Hälfte Bildnis eines Herrn. Tusche und Aquarell/Papier. In ovalem Bildfeld Brustporträt ... | ||||
1634 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Biedermeierminiaturmaler 1. Hälfte Herrenporträt. Tempera/Elfenbein. In ovalem Bildfeld Brustbildnis eines älteren ... | ||||
1635 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Biedermeierminiaturmaler 1. Hälfte Porträt einer Dame. Tempera/Elfenbein. In Tondo Brustbildnis einer Dame in schwarzem ... | ||||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Miniatures | ||||
1400 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Biedermeierminiaturmaler 1. Hälfte Tempera/Elfenbein. Halbfigurenbildnis einer jungen Dame im weißen Kleid und mit ... | ||||
1405 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Biedermeierminiaturmaler 1. Hälfte Tempera. Paar Ehepaarbildnisse. Im ovalen Bildfeld Brustbildnis eines Herrn im ... | ||||
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1626 (Autumn Auction Biedermeierminiaturmaler Um 1830. Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Tondo Brustbildnis im Dreiviertelprofil nach links einer dunkel gelockten jungen ... | ||||
1633 (Autumn Auction Biedermeierminiaturmaler 1. Hälfte Tempera/Elfenbein. Brustbildnis im Dreiviertelprofil nach rechts eines Herrn in ... | starting price: 1500,- EUR | |||
1634 (Autumn Auction Biedermeierminiaturmaler 1. Hälfte Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Tondo Brustbildnis im Dreiviertelprofil nach links eines Herrn ... | starting price: 180,- EUR | |||
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1730 (Spring Sale Biedermeierminiaturmaler Um 1830. Aquarellierte Bleistiftzeichnung/Papier. Im Tondo Brustbildnis im Dreiviertelprofil nach links eines ... | ||||
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2084 (Autumn Sale Clarot, (?) Österreichischer Biedermeierminiaturmaler um 1830. Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Oval vor bewölktem Himmel Brustbildnis ... | ||||
2097 (Autumn Sale Fredo, (?) Biedermeierminiaturmaler Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Oval vor bewölktem Himmel Brustbildnis im ... | ||||
2110 (Autumn Sale Biedermeierminiaturmaler Um 1830. Öl/Zinkblech. Erotische Szene mit Mönch und halb entkleideter junger Frau in Schlafkammer. Am rechten ... | ||||
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1975 (Spring Sale Biedermeierminiaturmaler Um 1830. Tempera. Im Tondo Brustbildnis eines Mädchens in blauem Kleid mit Spitzenbordüre, das blonde Haar zu einer ... |
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