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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2747 (Autumn Auctions Französischer Miniaturmaler French miniature painter 19th C. Portrait of a reading lady. Tempera on ivory. Indistinctly signed lower right. ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
2748 (Autumn Auctions Französischer Miniaturmaler French miniature painter 19th C. Napoleon Bonaparte. Tempera on ivory. Unsigned. DDDD19. Jh. Napoleon Bonaparte. ... | ||||
2749 (Autumn Auctions Correns, F. French miniature painter 19th C. Napoleon Bonaparte. Tempera on ivory. Signed upper right. DDDDFranzösischer ... | ||||
2750 (Autumn Auctions Volt, R. Miniature painter 19th C. Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt. Tempera on ivory. Signed lower right. DDDDMiniaturmaler ... | ||||
2752 (Autumn Auctions Russischer Miniaturmaler Russian miniature painter first half 19th C. Portrait of a Russian nobleman. Watercolour on ivory. Unsigned. DDDD1. ... | ||||
2753 (Autumn Auctions Russischer Miniaturmaler Russian miniature painter 19th C. Alexander II of Russia. Gouache on ivory. Unsigned. DDDD19. Jh. Alexander II ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
2754 (Autumn Auctions Miniaturmaler Miniature painter probably France 19th C. Portrait of a man. Tempera on ivory. Indistinctly signed middle ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
2755 (Autumn Auctions Noel, (?) French miniature painter 19th C. Portrait of a maid. Tempera on ivory. Signed lower right. DDDDFranzösischer ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
2756 (Autumn Auctions Deutscher Miniaturmaler German miniature painter circa 1800. Portrait of Helena Iselin. Pencil with opaque white on paper. Verso label ... | ||||
2757 (Autumn Auctions Miniaturmaler Miniature painter first half 17th C. Double sided miniature with portrait of Ferdinand III. Oil on copper. ... | ||||
2758 (Autumn Auctions Miniaturmaler Miniature painter probably Italy 19th C. Flagellation of Christ. Watercolour on bone. Lower middle rests of an old ... | starting price: 400,- EUR | |||
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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 ... | ||||
1465 (Spring Auctions Miniaturmaler Miniature painter 19th c. Portrait of a man. Tempera on ivory. Unsigned. DDDD19. Jh. Bildnis eines Herrn. ... | ||||
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. ... | ||||
1470 (Spring Auctions Miniaturmaler Miniature painter early 19th c. Portrait of a young lady. Pencil on paper. Unsigned. DDDDAnfang 19. Jh. Portr”t ... | ||||
1471 (Spring Auctions Miniaturmaler Miniature painter 19th c. Shadow portrait. Ink on paper. Unsigned. DDDD19. Jh. Schattenportr”t. Tusche/Papier. ... | ||||
1472 (Spring Auctions Smart, (?) Miniature painter 18th/19th c. Portrait of a lady. Tempera on ivory. Signed lower right. DDDDMiniaturmaler 18./19. ... | ||||
1473 (Spring Auctions Miniaturmaler Miniature painter 19th c. Shadow portrait. Ink on paper. Unsigned. DDDD19. Jh. Schattenportr”t. Tusche/Papier. ... | ||||
1474 (Spring Auctions Miniaturmaler Miniature painter 19th c. Shadow portrait. Ink on paper. Unsigned. DDDD19. Jh. Schattenportr”t. Tusche/Papier. ... | ||||
1475 (Spring Auctions Miniaturmaler Miniature painter 20th c. Halt at the inn. Tempera on ivory. Indistinctly signed lower middle. Frame with ivory ... | ||||
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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 ... | ||||
1613 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Französischer Miniaturmaler Um 1810. Porträtmedaillon. Tempera/Elfenbein, Silber und Elfenbein. In ovalem aufklappbaren Medaillon Brustbildnis ... | ||||
1615 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Smart, (?) Miniaturmaler 18./ Porträt einer Dame. Tempera/Elfenbein. In ovalem Bildfeld Brustporträt einer ... | ||||
1618 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Miniaturmaler Bildnis eines Herrn. Tempera/Elfenbein. In ovalem Bildfeld Brustporträt eines Herrn in blauem ... | ||||
1619 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Miniaturmaler Schattenporträt. Tusche/Papier. Bildnis eines Herrn mit Perücke im Profil. Gesicht nur als ... | ||||
1620 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Schacht, Emil Miniaturmaler Mitte Bildnis eines jungen Mannes. Bleistift/Papier. In ovalem Bildfeld Porträt ... |
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