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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1634 (Autumn Auction Biedermeierminiaturmaler 1. Hälfte Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Tondo Brustbildnis im Dreiviertelprofil nach links eines Herrn ... | starting price: 180,- EUR | |||
1635 (Autumn Auction Miniaturmaler Tempera/Elfenbein. Halbfigurenbildnis der Königin Luise von Preußen in weißem Empirekleid mit ... | starting price: 900,- EUR | |||
1636 (Autumn Auction Aevers, (?) Miniaturmaler um 1830. Tempera/Zinkblech. Im Tondo Brustbildnis eines blonden schnauzbärtigen Herrn in Uniform. ... | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
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0217 (Spring Sale Russischer Miniaturmaler Messing, emailliert. Erzengel-Michael-Kirche in Jaroslawl. Blick auf einen Kirchplatz mit ... | ||||
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1729 (Spring Sale Miniaturmaler Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Oval Brustbildnis Johann Wolfgang von Goethes. U.r. bez. «n. Stieler». ... | ||||
1730 (Spring Sale Biedermeierminiaturmaler Um 1830. Aquarellierte Bleistiftzeichnung/Papier. Im Tondo Brustbildnis im Dreiviertelprofil nach links eines ... | ||||
1731 (Spring Sale Bouchardy, (?) Französischer Miniaturmaler um 1780. Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Tondo Halbfigurenbildnis im Dreiviertelprofil nach ... | starting price: 180,- EUR | |||
1732 (Spring Sale Golio, (?) Miniaturmaler Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Oval Brustbildnis einer jungen brünetten Dame mit ... | ||||
1733 (Spring Sale Miniaturmaler Um 1800. Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Tondo Brustbildnis im Dreiviertelprofil nach links eines Herrn mit dunkelblauem Rock ... | ||||
1734 (Spring Sale Englischer Miniaturmaler Anfang Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Tondo Brustbildnis eines britischen Offiziers in Uniform. Unsign. ... | starting price: 160,- EUR | |||
1735 (Spring Sale Geoffroy, Charlotte Französische Miniaturmalerin Ende Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Oval sitzender Joseph, sich mit dem ... | starting price: 400,- EUR | |||
1737 (Spring Sale Miniaturmaler Um 1800. Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Tondo Halbfigurenbildnis im Dreiviertelprofil nach links eines Herrn in braunem Rock ... | starting price: 250,- EUR | |||
1738 (Spring Sale Miniaturmaler Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Oval Brustbildnis Friedrichs des Großen in Uniform. Unsign. Min. ... | ||||
Autumn Sale | ||||
2084 (Autumn Sale Clarot, (?) Österreichischer Biedermeierminiaturmaler um 1830. Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Oval vor bewölktem Himmel Brustbildnis ... | ||||
2085 (Autumn Sale Tassy, Joseph Französischer Miniaturmaler 18./ Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Oval vor dunklem Fond Brustbildnis eines ... | starting price: 350,- EUR | |||
2086 (Autumn Sale Miniaturmaler Tempera/Bein. Im Oval Brustbildnis einer jungen Dame im Dreiviertelprofil nach links mit ... | ||||
2087 (Autumn Sale Französischer Miniaturmaler Um 1780. Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Tondo Brustbildnis einer Dame mit blütengeschmückter Perücke. Unsign. | starting price: 100,- EUR | |||
2088 (Autumn Sale Böhmer, (?) Miniaturmaler Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Oval vor Landschaft Brustbildnis eines Mädchens mit Frisur ... | starting price: 400,- EUR | |||
2089 (Autumn Sale Hall, V. Miniaturmaler Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Oval Brustbildnis der Marie Thérèse Louise von ... | starting price: 750,- EUR | |||
2090 (Autumn Sale Französischer Miniaturmaler Tempera. Im Oval vor bewölktem Himmel Brustbildnis im Dreiviertelprofil nach links einer ... | starting price: 400,- EUR | |||
2091 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist W.B. Miniaturmaler 2. Hälfte Porzellan, bemalt, GG | ||||
2092 (Autumn Sale Englischer Miniaturmaler Ende Tempera/Elfenbein und GG | starting price: 950,- EUR | |||
2093 (Autumn Sale Miniaturmaler Um 1900. Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Oval Brustbildnis eines rotblonden Mädchens in weißem Kleid. Unsign. | starting price: 350,- EUR | |||
2094 (Autumn Sale Lager, A. Miniaturmaler 19./ Tempera und Bronze. Kleiner Handspiegel, verso im Tondo Brustbildnis einer ... | ||||
2095 (Autumn Sale Langlois, Jérôme Um 1756 Paris - 1804 ebd. Tempera. Im Tondo Brustbildnis einer elegant gekleideten Dame mit gepuderter ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
2096 (Autumn Sale Le Blanc, (?) Miniaturmaler wohl Mitte Tempera/Leder. Im Tondo Brustbildnis einer jungen Dame in ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
2097 (Autumn Sale Fredo, (?) Biedermeierminiaturmaler Tempera/Elfenbein. Im Oval vor bewölktem Himmel Brustbildnis im ... | ||||
2098 (Autumn Sale Nattier, (?) Miniaturmaler Tempera. Im Tondo Brustbildnis einer jungen Dame mit Rosenblüten im ... | starting price: 500,- EUR | |||
2099 (Autumn Sale Monogrammist E.W. Miniaturmaler 19./ Tempera. Im Oval Brustbildnis einer Dame mit Frisur und Kleidung des ... | starting price: 250,- EUR | |||
2100 (Autumn Sale Miniaturmaler Tempera/Elfenbein. Brustbildnis en face einer Dame mit schwarzem Kopftuch und grauem Mantel ... | starting price: 500,- EUR |
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