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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Image under artist's copyright. | 1384 (Autumn Auctions Wunderlich, Paul 1927 Eberswalde - 2010 Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols. Female stele. Patinated bronze. Signed, monogrammed, dated 1983 and ... | |||
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0671 (Spring Auctions Paul-Wunderlich-Collier Paul Wunderlich necklace. Germany 1970s. Silver 925 and silvered stainless steel. Box. DDDDDeutsch 1970er Jahre. ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2083 (Spring Auctions Les Visiones de Don de Quevedo Das ist: Wunderliche Satyrische und Warhaftige Gesichte Philanders von Sittewalt in f¸nf Theilen begriffen. Leyden, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2137 (Spring Auctions Wunderliche und wahrhaftige Gesichte Philanders von Sittewald. Straþburg um 1640. Pergamenteinband. Gebr”unt, Besitzervermerke, altrest. Alters- und ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Modern Prints | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2244 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde. Aktfigur mit Streichhölzern. Farblithographie. Profilansicht einer weiblichen Figur im ... | |||
Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2250 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde. Bronze, silberfarben patiniert. Kerzenständer. Auf Ovalfuß, blattförmiger Korpus. Verso ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2337 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde. Drei Farblithographien der Serie «Lithographien II». «Madame Récamier», «Torso mit Blume» und ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2338 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde. Drei Farblithographen der Serie «Im Schatten deiner Flügel». «Jagdvogel», «Paradiesvogel» und ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2339 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde. Vier Farbaquatintaradierungen. Zwei Darstellungen teilweise unbekleideter sitzender Frauen, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2340 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde. Drei Farblithographien. «Nicht hören - nicht sehen - nicht reden». Mit Bleistift u.r. sign., ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2341 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde. Drei Lithographien der Serie «Französische Gärten». «Rochade», «Maler und Modell» und ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2342 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde. Drei Farblithographien der Serie «Lithographien IV». «Jagdpoesie», «Nach Manet» und «Paul gut ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2343 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde. Drei Farblithographien der Serie «Lithographien III». «Dame mit Schwan», «Adam und Eva. Nach ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2345 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Konvolut Graphiken | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2346 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Konvolut Graphiken | |||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Modern Prints | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1976 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Acht Plakate der Olympischen Spiele München 1972 Siebdrucke. U.a. von Allan Jones, Victor Vasarely, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Allan Davie, David Hockney, Paul ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1989 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Konvolut von drei Mappenwerken | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2353 (Autumn Auction Wer hat Angst vor Rot, Grün und Blau? Mappenwerk mit drei Farblithographien. Von Paul Wunderlich, Horst Antes und Fritz Winter. Abstrakte Darstellung in ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2786 (Autumn Sale Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde b. Berlin. Drei Farblithographien. Phantastisch-realistische Kompositionen dreier Damen mit ... | |||
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0124 (Spring Sale Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde b. Berlin. Bronze, partiell grün patiniert. «Nike». Auf ovalem Sockel, fragmentarischer, ... | ||||
0125 (Spring Sale Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde b. Berlin. Bronze, partiell grün patiniert. «Minotaurus». Ovaler Sockel, Metallstange, ... | ||||
0126 (Spring Sale Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde b. Berlin. Bronze, partiell braun bzw. grün patiniert. Einhorn. Marmorplinthe, quaderförmiger ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2360 (Winter Sale Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde b. Berlin. Mischtechnik auf Stoff. Floral geschmückter Frauenkopf im Halbprofil nach links vor ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2120 (Autumn Sale Wunderlich, Albert 1876 Geislingen - 1946 Stuttgart. Öl/Lw./Karton. Bauersleute vor ihrem Fachwerkhaus im Schwarzwald beim Heurechen. ... | starting price: 500,- EUR | ||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2405 (Autumn Sale Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde b. Berlin. Farblithographie. Brustbildnis eines kahlköpfigen Mannes mit Schnauzbart und rotem ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2406 (Autumn Sale Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde b. Berlin. Farblithographie. Frau in langem grünem Gewand in einem nach Regeln der ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2407 (Autumn Sale Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde b. Berlin. Farblithographie. «Die Entdeckung». Profilansicht eines Mannes mit Maske vor Nase ... | |||
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1543 (Spring Sale Wunderlich, Paul Geb. 1927 Eberswalde bei Berlin. Lebt in Hamburg. Bronze, braun patiniert. Hochrechteckiges Relief mit sich unter ... | ||||
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2141 (Winter Sale Schachbrett mit Figuren Deutsch 2. Hälfte | ||||
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2718 (Autumn Sale Wunderlich Schwarzwaldmaler Mitte Öl/Hartfaser. Dorf in verschneiter Schwarzwaldlandschaft. Wohl ... |
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