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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4159 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Zwei Snuff bottles Two snuff bottles. China early 20th C. Porcelain, painted in polychrome colours, and bone and jade. ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
4174 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Lackschatulle Lacquer box. China 19th/20th C. Wood, lacquered and painted gold, and brass. Chinese export seal inside. DDDDChina ... | ||||
4210 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Kleine Pothi Small Pothi. Burma/Nepal 10th C. AD or later. Painted wood and paper. Age-related condition. Provenance: Baden private ... | starting price: 15000,- EUR | |||
4296 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Stehender Buddha Standing Buddha. Ceylon 17th/18th C. Patinated bronze, partially painted in polychrome colours, and wood. Provenance: ... | starting price: 8000,- EUR | |||
4348 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Stellschirm Table screen. Japan circa 1900. Carved wood, black and white lacquer, partially painted gold, and ivory and bone. ... | ||||
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5349 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Kopffragment Fragment of a head after the antique. Black basalt, carved and polished. Base later. Provenance: private collection ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2306 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Schwontkowski, Norbert Born 1949 Bremen. E Without title (street lamps). 1990. Oil on canvas. Verso signed and dated 1990. Minor pigment ... | starting price: 4000,- EUR | ||
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3233 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Eleganter Blumenstand Elegant plant stand. China circa 1900. Carved wood, painted in polychrome colours, and polychrome enamelled copper. ... | ||||
3252 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Paar Deckeldosen Pair of lidded bowls. China 19th C. Porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, and brass. Four character mark to ... | ||||
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4285 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Kunstvolle Uhr mit Jahreszeitenputti Elaborate clock with two putti as summer and winter. Meissen mid 18th C. Porcelain, painted in polychrome colours and ... | ||||
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4342 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Musealer Deckelhumpen Museum quality tankard. Fayencefabrik Christoph Marx circa 1713, Nuremberg. Pottery, blue painted, and pewter. ... | starting price: 16000,- EUR | |||
4351 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Deckelhumpen mit Jagdszene Tankard. Schrezheim late 18th C. Pottery, painted in polychrome colours, and pewter. Inscribed «Der Freundschaft ... | starting price: 2900,- EUR | |||
4352 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Walzenkrug mit Hirsch Tankard. Crailsheim second half 18th C. Pottery, painted in polychrome colours, and pewter. ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
4353 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Walzenkrug Tankard. Erfurt circa 1740. Pottery, painted in polychrome colours, and pewter. Monogrammed «GG» and dated ... | ||||
4354 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Walzenkrug mit biblischer Szene Tankard. Nuremberg or Schrezheim second half 18th C. Pottery, painted in polychrome colours, and pewter. ... | starting price: 3900,- EUR | |||
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0394 (Spring Auctions Deckelkrug mit Vogeldarstellung Tankard with bird. Germany early 19th c. Polychromatic painted pottery and pewter. With monogram ´G.H.ª on the cover, ... | ||||
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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 ... | ||||
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1939 (Spring Auctions Th–ny, Eduard 1866 Brixen - 1950 Holzhausen. E Attack. Ink, crayon, opaque white on paper. Unsigned. Subsequent inscription lower ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2164 (Spring Auctions Die deutsche Kunst In Bild und Wort. F¸r Jung und Alt, f¸r Schule und Haus. Herausgegeben von Ernst F–rster. Leipzig, T.O. Weigel 1879. ... | |||
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0469 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Thoma, Hans 1839 Bernau - 1924 Karlsruhe. Glasbild. Farbloses, transparentes Glas, polychrom bemalt, und Blei. Darstellung der ... | ||||
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0478 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Walzenkrug Deutsch | ||||
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1864 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Krüger, H. 2. Hälfte Friedrich II. von Preußen. Öl/Lw. Brustbild Friedrichs des Großen mit weißer ... | ||||
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 ... | ||||
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0400 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Seltene Tabatière Meissen um 1780. Porzellan, glasiert und bemalt, sowie GG | ||||
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0532 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Walzenkrug Deutsch | ||||
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1817 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Alt, Rudolf von 1812 Wien - 1905 ebd. Bleistift, Feder und Aquarell. Drei Skizzenblätter. Studienskizzen einer Frau in Tracht, ... | ||||
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0449a (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Seltene Schnupftabakdose Meißen um 1780. Porzellan, glasiert und bemalt, sowie GG | starting price: 3800,- EUR | |||
0485 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Bedeutende Meißen-Uhr Gaudron, Paris und Meißen um 1745. Porzellan, glasiert und bemalt, sowie Bronze, feuervergoldet. Auf durchbrochen ... | starting price: 13000,- EUR | |||
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1679 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Vase mit Phönix China wohl | ||||
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2058 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Alt, Rudolf von Wien 1812 - 1905 ebd. Bleistift, Feder und Aquarell/Papier. Drei Skizzenblätter. Studienskizzen einer Frau in ... | starting price: 200,- EUR |
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