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 08.–09.12.2017 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
2081 (Winter Auctions 08.–09.12.2017) Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Tuttlingen. View from the Schauinslandbahn over Horben, | ||||
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2823 (Autumn Auctions Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Tuttlingen. Lake Constance. Oil on masonite. Signed lower right. DDDD1881 Mannheim - 1968 ... | ||||
2824 (Autumn Auctions Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Tuttlingen. Forest glade. Oil on masonite. Signed lower left. DDDD1881 Mannheim - 1968 ... | ||||
Spring Auctions | ||||
1919 (Spring Auctions Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Tuttlingen. E In the country. Watercoloured pencil drawing on paper. Signed lower left in ... | ||||
Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
1863 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Tuttlingen. Öl/Lw., auf Karton aufgezogen. Felsen im Bodensee. Von Bäumen flankierter Blick ... | ||||
1864 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Tuttlingen. Öl/Lw. «Blick in die Morgensonne». In einem Wohnzimmer eine dem Betrachter den ... | ||||
1865 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Tuttlingen. Öl/Lw. «Pfingsten». Blick aus einem Garten mit blühenden Pfingstrosen auf einen ... | ||||
1866 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Tuttlingen. Öl/Lw. Am Bodensee. Am Ufer ein in sanften Wellen schaukelndes Boot, in der Ferne ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
2113 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Tuttlingen. Öl/Lw., auf Karton aufgezogen. Felsen im Bodensee. Von Bäumen flankierter Blick ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
2114 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Tuttlingen. Öl/Hartfaser. Meersburger Hafen. Über die Dächer der Stadt Blick auf ein ... | ||||
2115 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Tuttlingen. Öl/Lw. Am Bodensee. Am Ufer ein in sanften Wellen schaukelndes Boot, in der Ferne ... | starting price: 1500,- EUR | |||
2116 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Tuttlingen. Öl/Hartfaser. Bootshaus am Bodensee. Am Ufer des Sees ein verwilderter Garten und ... | ||||
2117 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Tuttlingen. Öl/Lw. «Herbst im Wald». Blick auf eine Waldlichtung zwischen herbstlich ... | ||||
2118 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Tuttlingen. Öl/Lw. Landschaft am Bodensee. Blick über eine weite sommerliche ... | ||||
2119 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Tuttlingen. Öl/Hartfaser. Kapuzinerkresse. Vor dunklem Hintergrund ein Beet mit ... | ||||
2120 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Tuttlingen. Öl/Karton. «Heilig Abend». In einer abendlichen Winterlandschaft ein ... | ||||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
1876 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Meersburg. Öl/Lw. Eisläufer. Drei Eisläufer auf einem von wenigen Bäumen flankierten ... | ||||
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2249 (Autumn Sale Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Meersburg. Öl/Lw. Wetterbuchen auf dem Schauinsland. Unter knorrigen, blattlosen Bäumen ... | starting price: 6000,- EUR | |||
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2297 (Autumn Sale Dieter, Hans 1881 Mannheim - 1968 Meersburg. Öl/Malkarton. Partiell verschneite Waldlandschaft mit Bachlauf. Rechts auf Weg ... | starting price: 750,- EUR |
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