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. | 3033 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. «Weiß-weißes Bildnis des Fürsten ... | starting price: 350,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3034 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. Embracing couple. 1964. Drypoint on ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3035 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. «Schwarzer Kopf (black head)». 1968. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3036 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. Untitled from «Symbiosion». 1967. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3037 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. «Figur 1000 (figure 1000)». 1987. ... | starting price: 6500,- EUR | ||
Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2047 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. Untitled. Figure to the ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2048 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. «Gefleckte Figur mit Reif, kleine Figur ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2049 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. Untitled from «Symbiosion». 1965. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2050 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. Untitled from «Symbiosion». 1967. ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2051 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. «Kopf: Haus (Projekt für UNICEF) (Head: ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2052 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. «Figur 1000 (figure 1000)». 1987. ... | starting price: 6500,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2053 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina und Berlin. «Casa Colonica weiß weiß (Casa Colonica ... | |||
Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2077 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. «Figur 1000 (figure 1000)». 1987. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2189 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. «Ocker Porträt mit weißer Maske (ochre ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2190 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. «Figur (Öflingen) (figure ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2191 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim, lives and works in Karlsruhe, Castellina and Berlin. «Gefleckte Figur mit Reif, kleine Figur ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2075 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Antes, Horst Geb. 1936 Heppenheim, lebt und arbeitet in Karlsruhe, Florenz und Berlin. «Kopf mit Fahne und Regenbogen (head with ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2076 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Antes, Horst Geb. 1936 Heppenheim, lebt und arbeitet in Karlsruhe, Florenz und Berlin. «Gefleckte Figur mit Reif, kleine Figur ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2077 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Antes, Horst Geb. 1936 Heppenheim, lebt und arbeitet in Karlsruhe, Florenz und Berlin. «Behaarte Figur (hairy figure)». 1970. ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2032 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Antes, Horst Geb. 1936 Heppenheim, lebt und arbeitet in Karlsruhe, Florenz und Berlin. Untitled. Lithograph on wove paper. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2033 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Antes, Horst Geb. 1936 Heppenheim, lebt und arbeitet in Karlsruhe, Florenz und Berlin. Untitled - for Manni. Gouache on ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2075 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Antes, Horst Geb. 1936 Heppenheim, lebt und arbeitet in Karlsruhe, Florenz und Berlin. «auf ein besseres 1975 (for a better ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2076 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Antes, Horst Geb. 1936 Heppenheim, lebt und arbeitet in Karlsruhe, Florenz und Berlin. Two figures. Ink on thin machine paper. ... | |||
Spring Auctions | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2041 (Spring Auctions Antes, Horst Geb. 1936 Heppenheim, lebt und arbeitet in Karlsruhe, Florenz und Berlin. «Figur 1000 (figure 1000)». 1987. COR-TEN ... | starting price: 6500,- EUR | ||
Autumn Auctions | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2072 (Autumn Auctions Antes, Horst Geb. 1936 Heppenheim. «Der Kopf (The head)». Welded COR-TEN steel. Signed and numbered 888/1000 to base. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2073 (Autumn Auctions Antes, Horst Geb. 1936 Heppenheim. «Figur 1000 (figure 1000)». COR-TEN steel with natural rust patina. Signed and numbered ... | starting price: 8000,- EUR | ||
Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2096 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim. Couple in landscape with tube. Etching. Numbered 9/120 lower left and signed lower right in ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2097 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim. «Figur mit Vogel und Pfeilen (figure with bird and arrows)». Pastel on felt paper. Signed ... | |||
Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2090 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim. E Figures on blue ground. Aquatec over print on paper. Dedication «Für Hermann am ... | |||
Autumn Auctions | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1125 (Autumn Auctions Antes, Horst Born 1936 Heppenheim. Figures on blue foundation. Aquatec and print on paper. Dedication «Für Hermann am ... | starting price: 6000,- EUR |
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