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 20.–21.11.2020 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
3329 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Wagner, Fritz 1896 Munich - 1939 ibid. A scrutinizing glance. Monk as master brewer tasting beer. Oil on canvas. Signed upper ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2012 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Dalí, Salvador 1904 Figueras - 1989 ebd. «Die Bibel (the Bible)». Complete edition in the standard translation. Published by ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2021 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Fuchs, Ernst 1930 Wien - 2015 ebd. «Die Bibel (the Bible)». The Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments. Translated after ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2254 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Wachtmeister, Rosina Geb. 1939 Wien, lebt und arbeitet in Capena. «Die Bibel (the Bible)». Complete edition of the Old and New ... | |||
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3034 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Sitzender Bär Sitting bear. Model by C. Wagner for Rupp & Moeller Kunstgewerbliche Abteilung, Karlsruhe 1922. Brown-grey marble. ... | ||||
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4446 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Wagner, Johann Peter 1802 Mannheim - 1847 Karlsruhe. «Das Badische Haus (the House of Baden)». Etching on wove paper. Signed, dated and ... | ||||
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4269 (Spring Auctions Zwei museale Prozessionsstäbe mit der Hl. Katharina und dem Hl. Paulus Two museum quality batons of procession with Saint Catherine and Saint Paul. South Germany circa 1749. Carved wood, ... | starting price: 5200,- EUR | |||
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5570 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Wagner, K. Vedutist 19th C. Dutch harbour scenery. Oil on canvas, relined. Signed lower left. DDDDVedutenmaler 19. ... | ||||
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4739 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Wagner, Karl 1877 Gochsheim - 1942 Karlsruhe. E Under the tree. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Minor retouching. ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1030 (Autumn Auctions Edzard, Dietz 1893 Bremen - 1963 Paris. «Après la toilette». Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Verso with title and with date ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1031 (Autumn Auctions Edzard, Dietz 1893 Bremen - 1963 Paris. «Jeunne femme au balcon». 1950. Oil on cardboard. Monogrammed lower right. Verso label ... | starting price: 1000,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1032 (Autumn Auctions Edzard, Dietz 1893 Bremen - 1963 Paris. «L'Attente I». 1946. Oil on cardboard. Monogrammed lower right. Verso label «Atelier D. ... | starting price: 1000,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1101 (Autumn Auctions Wagner, Franziska Born 1905 Ober-Schlesien. Egon von Armin at breakfast. Oil on masonite. Monogrammed and dated (19)49 lower left. ... | |||
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1726 (Spring Auctions Wagner, Karl 1839 Karlsruhe - 1923 D¸sseldorf. E Dutch harbour scenery. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. ... | ||||
1727 (Spring Auctions Wagner, Karl attr. 1839 Karlsruhe - 1923 D¸sseldorf. E Romantic harbour scene in evening mood. Oil on canvas. Unsigned. Provenance: ... | ||||
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1617 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Wagner, Karl 1839 Karlsruhe - 1923 Düsseldorf. Öl/Holz. «Marine bei Rotterdam». Niederländische Hafenansicht mit Häusern, ... | ||||
1618 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Wagner, Melanie von 1866 Dresden - (?). Öl/Lw. Dorf in den Alpen. Vor der Kulisse wolkenverhangener Hochgebirgsgipfel einige ... | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1925 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Wagner, Heinz Jürgen Geb. 1954 Marburg. Offsetdruck. «Le Mans 89. Last lap victory». Darstellung der letzten Sekunden vor dem Doppelsieg ... | |||
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2107 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Wagner, Karl 1839 Karlsruhe - 1923 Düsseldorf. Öl/Holz. «Marine bei Rotterdam». Niederländische Hafenansicht mit Häusern, ... | starting price: 1500,- EUR | |||
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1687 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Wagner, Karl 1839 Karlsruhe - 1923 Düsseldorf. Öl/Holz. «Marine bei Rotterdam». Niederländische Hafenansicht mit Häusern, ... | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
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2108 (Spring Sale Wagner, Adolf 1861 Kassel - 1933 ebd. Öl/Lw. Park der Villa d'Este bei Rom mit den Hang hinabführender Steintreppe. Am Fuß der ... | ||||
2109 (Spring Sale Wagner, J. Münchner Genremaler Öl/Holz. Gasthausszene mit trunkenem Mönch, sich über den gedeckten Tisch ... | ||||
2110 (Spring Sale Wagner, K. Vedutenmaler Öl/Lw., doubl. Ansicht der bei Gefecht des Deutsch-Französischen Krieges ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
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2034 (Autumn Sale Wagner, B. Skulpteur 19./ Alabaster, patiniert, und Marmor. Auf ovaler Plinthe, ovaler Sockel, kniendes ... | ||||
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2503 (Autumn Sale Wagner, Hans Johann wohl 1866 Wien-Döbling - 1950 Perchtoldstorf. Öl/Lw. Bei aufziehendem Unwetter Segelboote vor italienischer Küste in ... | ||||
2504 (Autumn Sale Wagner, Karl Geb. 1864 Neustadt/Orla. Öl/Lw., teils randdoubl. Frühlingshafte Waldlandschaft mit von Seeblumen bewachsenem ... | starting price: 500,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1923 (Spring Sale Wagner, Johann Peter Umkreis 1730 (?) - 1809 (?). Lindenholz, vollrund geschnitzt. Paar Engelsbüsten. Den Kopf zur Seite geneigt haltende Putti ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2107 (Autumn Sale Wagner, C. Genremaler Öl/Karton, aufgelegt. Unter einem roten Schirm vor Steinen sitzender kleiner Junge, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2108 (Autumn Sale Wagner, Karl Geb. 1877 Gochsheim. Öl/Malkarton. Brustporträt eines Mannes in dunklem Mantel sowie mit Hut und goldenem Monokel, ... |
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