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. | 3003 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Dalí, Salvador 1904 Figueres - 1989 ibid. «Femme à cheval (Frau zu Pferde)» from «Vénus aux fourrures (Venus im Pelz)». 1969. ... | |||
Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2004 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Dalí, Salvador 1904 Figueres - 1989 ibid. «Femme à cheval (Frau zu Pferde)» from «Vénus aux fourrures (Venus im Pelz)». 1969. ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | ||
Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Dolls and Toys | ||||
3198 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Merry-go-round organ by Frederic Keller Waldkirch 1999. Wood, painted in polychrome colours, iron, brass, fabric and leather. Round, stepped stand, ... | ||||
Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
3235 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Alt, Franz 1821 Vienna - 1914 ibid. Trieste waterfront in the shadow of the Lloyd palace. Watercolour and opaque white on ... | ||||
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 ... | ||||
Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019 Clocks | ||||
1356 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Iron wall clock with front pendulum and two bells Germany circa 1700. Iron, painted in polychrome colours, and silver bronze. Rectangular case. Dial with Roman minute ... | ||||
1361 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Martin K. Hoch wall clock «Memento Mori» Salzburg circa 1700. Iron, painted in polychrome colours, and brass. Rectangular case. Round dial crowned with ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2046 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Weeser-Krell, Ferdinand 1883 Alf a.d. Mosel - 1957 Vienna. View of a Bulgarian weaving mill. Watercolour and gouache on paper, mounted ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | ||
Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019 Art Nouveau, Art déco and Design | ||||
3001 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Évaldre, Raphaël 1862 Lille - 1938 Uccle. Museum quality Art Nouveau window. Belgium circa 1900. Stained glass, lead and wood. ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018 Art Nouveau, Art déco and Design | ||||
3000 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Évaldre, Raphaël 1862 Lille - 1938 Uccle. Museum quality Art Nouveau window. Belgium circa 1900. Stained glass, lead and wood. ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016 Art Nouveau, Art déco and Design | ||||
3022 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Alt, Otmar und Kerstan, Horst Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz, lebt und arbeitet in Norddinker bzw. 1941 Frankfurt a.M. - 2005 Kandern. Planter. ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015 Asian Art | ||||
3060 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Sammlung von vier snuff bottles mit Tieren und mythologischen Wesen Collection of four snuff bottles with animals and mythological creatures. China 19th/ | ||||
3062 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Drei snuff bottles mit hochfeiner Porzellanmalerei Three snuff bottles with fine porcelain painting. China 19th/ | ||||
3063 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Vier snuff bottles mit Tieren und Pflanzen Collection of four snuff bottles with depiction of animals and flowers. China 19th/ | ||||
Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015 Ceramics and Pottery | ||||
4095 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Walzenkrug mit Wanderer, umrahmt von einer Kartusche Tankard, decorated with depiction of a rambler, framed by floral decoration. Probably Bayreuth | ||||
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3130 (Autumn Auctions Drei Objekte mit figürlichen Darstellungen Three objects with figurative representations, a three-dimensional worked dolphin, probably a toy, a two-sided ... | ||||
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4146 (Spring Auctions Kunstvoll gearbeitetes Tintenfass mit Vogeldekor Elaborate inkwell, decorated with bird. Aprey | ||||
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1330 (Autumn Auctions Seltene höfische Stutzuhr mit Kuckuck Rare courtly bracket clock with cuckoo. Johann Baptist Beha, Eisenbach, Black Forest | ||||
1338 (Autumn Auctions Kleine Schwarzwälder Kapuzineruhr Small Black Forest capuchin clock. Black Forest second half | ||||
1340 (Autumn Auctions Feine Schwarzwälder Kapuzineruhr Fine Black Forest capuchin clock. Black Forest circa 1830. Wood, carved and painted, and brass. 24-hour movement, ... | ||||
1341 (Autumn Auctions Prächtige Schwarzwälder Glockenschlägeruhr Magnificent Black Forest bell ringer automaton clock. Black Forest circa 1820. Wood, carved and painted, and brass. ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2222 (Autumn Auctions Rainer, Arnulf Geb. 1929 Baden b. Wien. Overpainted Robespierre. Etching in colours. In the plate inscribed «Robespierre» lower ... | |||
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3018 (Autumn Auctions Vier Koppchen mit Silbermontierung Four tea bowls with silver mount. Asia | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
3038 (Autumn Auctions Schale mit Ernteszene Bowl decorated with harvest scene. China | starting price: 200,- EUR | |||
3047 (Autumn Auctions Blau-weißer Wassertropfer Water dropper. China | ||||
3066 (Autumn Auctions Blau-weiße Deckeldose Lidded jar. China | starting price: 1200,- EUR | |||
3245 (Autumn Auctions Satsuma-Terrine und -Platte Satsuma tureen with cover and plate. Japan, late | ||||
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4548 (Autumn Auctions Kafka, Franz 1883 - 1924. German writer. L.A.S. «F». (Planá nad LuÏnici [arrival mark Prag:] 11.IX.1922.). Two double ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012 Autographs | ||||
3077 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Hesse, Hermann Karl 1877 - 1962. Manuscript of his fairytale «Piktors Verwandlungen (Piktors transformations )» in his own hand. ... | ||||
3081 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von 1759 - 1805. Poet. L.A.S. and former address. Weimar 4.III.1788. Three p. 4°. Traces of old folding and minor ... |
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