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 Jewellery | ||||
1000 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Van Cleef & Arpels blossom brooch «Rose de Noël» with Midway coral Paris circa 1978. Yellow gold 18k. Blossom-shaped front, centrally set with eight brilliant-cut diamonds weighing in ... | ||||
Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2005 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Becker, K. Marine painter second half 20th C. Sea view. Oil on cardboard. Signed lower left. DDDDMarinemaler 2. Hälfte 20. ... | |||
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1471 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Krämer, Peter 1857 Philadelphia - 1936 Diessen. Aquarell/Papier. Der gute Schluck. Vor einem Fass mit Römer und Korkenzieher ein ... | starting price: 1000,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1836 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Chagall, Marc 1889 Witebsk - 1985 Vence. Offsetdruck. Nach einem Gemälde des Künstlers. In Atelier Bild auf Staffelei, davor ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1837 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Chagall, Marc 1889 Witebsk - 1985 Vence. Offsetdruck. Nach einem Gemälde des Künstlers. König David und weiß gekleidete Frau vor ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1838 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Chagall, Marc 1889 Witebsk - 1985 Vence. Offsetdruck. Nach einem Gemälde des Künstlers. Prophet vor Kerzen in einem Buch lesend. ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1839 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Chagall, Marc 1889 Witebsk - 1985 Vence. Offsetdruck. Nach einem Gemälde des Künstlers. In Rottönen Maler mit Palette und ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1840 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Chagall, Marc 1889 Witebsk - 1985 Vence. Offsetdruck. Nach einem Gemälde des Künstlers. Frau und Pferd über Stadt. Im Druck u.r. ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1841 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Chagall, Marc 1889 Witebsk - 1985 Vence. Offsetdruck. Nach einem Gemälde des Künstlers. Paar auf blauem Pferd vor rotem Baum. Im ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1860 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Dalí, Salvador 1904 Figueras - 1989 ebd. Mappenwerk mit zwei Farblithographien/Radierungen. «Les Rêveurs». Herausgegeben von der ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1861 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Dalí, Salvador 1904 Figueras - 1989 ebd. Mappenwerk mit zwei Farblithographien/Radierungen. «Les Rêveurs». Herausgegeben von der ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1862 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Dalí, Salvador 1904 Figueras - 1989 ebd. Mappenwerk mit zwei Farblithographien/Radierungen. «Les Rêveurs». Herausgegeben von der ... | |||
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2020 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Meyer, Carl Theodor, gen. Meyer-Basel 1860 Basel - 1932 Hauptwil. Pastell. Herbstlandschaft. Von einem Hang Blick über einen See auf eine Stadt am ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2185 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Pechstein, Hermann Max 1881 Zwickau - 1955 Berlin. Aquarell, Gouache und Tusche. «Strandfischer am Rettungshaus». Unter durch Gewölk ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2186 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Pechstein, Hermann Max 1881 Zwickau - 1955 Berlin. Aquarell, Gouache und Tusche. «Landschaft um blaue Wand». Inmitten lichter Vegetation ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2187 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Pechstein, Hermann Max 1881 Zwickau - 1955 Berlin. Aquarell, Gouache und Tusche. «Die rote Hutschleife». Ganzfigurenbild einer in ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2304 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Dalí, Salvador 1904 Figueras - 1989 ebd. Farblithographie/Radierung. Aus dem Mappenwerk «Les Rêveurs». Herausgegeben von der Magna ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2305 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Dalí, Salvador 1904 Figueras - 1989 ebd. Farblithographie/Radierung. Aus dem Mappenwerk «Les Rêveurs». Herausgegeben von der Magna ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2306 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Dalí, Salvador 1904 Figueras - 1989 ebd. Farbradierung, partielle Goldhöhung. Am Horizont Gebirgskette, davor leuchtendes Feuer, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2308 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Dalí, Salvador 1904 Figueras - 1989 ebd. Mappenwerk mit zwei Farblithographien/Radierungen. «Les Rêveurs». Herausgegeben von der ... | starting price: 400,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2309 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Dalí, Salvador 1904 Figueras - 1989 ebd. Mappenwerk mit zwei Farblithographien/Radierungen. «Les Rêveurs». Herausgegeben von der ... | starting price: 400,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2310 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Dalí, Salvador 1904 Figueras - 1989 ebd. Mappenwerk mit zwei Farblithographien/Radierungen. «Les Rêveurs». Herausgegeben von der ... | starting price: 400,- EUR | ||
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1579 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Lang, Hans 1898 Landegg - 1971 Innsbruck. Öl/Karton. Frühlingshafte Landschaft mit weitem Blick über Wiesen und Bergkämme, ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1716 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Cardinaux, Emil 1877 Bern - 1936 ebd. Aquarell, teils weiß gehöht. Alpine Landschaft. Unter leicht bewölktem Himmel Blick in ein ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | ||
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1932 (Autumn Auction Meid, Hans 1883 Pforzheim - 1957 Ludwigsburg. Mischtechnik. Halbfigurenbildnis von Max Liebermann, sitzend mit Hut. O.r. bez. ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2202 (Spring Sale Schweitzer, Erwin 1887 Stuttgart - 1968 ebd. Öl/Lw. «Anemonen». Auf einem Tisch vor hellblauer Tapete mit Floraldekor in einer ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2341 (Spring Sale Schlemmer, Oskar 1888 Stuttgart - 1943 Sehringen. Druck. Abstrahierte Darstellung einer knienden Person mit mechanischen Gelenken. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2353 (Spring Sale Vogeler, Heinrich 1872 Bremen - 1942 Vorosilovsk. Radierung. An einem Bach stehendes Mädchen, eine Blütengirlande in Händen haltend. ... | starting price: 3500,- EUR | ||
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1130 (Winter Sale Stockuhr mit Automat Österreich um 1820. Holz, Marmor und Messing. Auf vier ebonisierten Füßen, reich profilierter Holzsockel mit ... | starting price: 2800,- EUR | |||
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1737 (Autumn Sale Beurmann, Emil 1862 Basel - 1951 ebd. Tuschzeichnung. Unter einem Baum in Parklandschaft sitzendes Paar, sich unterhaltend. Im ... |
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