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. | 2919 (Autumn Sale Diedrich, Helmut Stephan Graphiker des Radierung und Prägedruck. Abstrahierte Komposition mit den vier geflügelten ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2920 (Autumn Sale Diedrich, Helmut Stephan Graphiker des Farblithographie. "Antikes Thema". Links männliches Brustporträt, rechts ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2921 (Autumn Sale Edelmann, Hanno Geb. 1923 Hamburg. Lithographie. Mann mit Hut in einem Sessel, ihm gegenüber eine leicht bekleidete Frau, sich mit ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2922 (Autumn Sale Eglau, Otto 1917 Berlin - 1988 Kampen. Aquatintaradierung. Abstrahierter Blick durch die Masten eines Fischerbootes. Mit ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2923 (Autumn Sale Felixmüller, Conrad 1897 Dresden - 1977 Berlin. Holzschnitt. "Bauernkrieg". Herrscher konfrontiert mit Mönch und Bauern. Auf der Platte ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2926 (Autumn Sale Fußmann, Klaus Geb. 1938 Velbert. Farblithographie. Horizont im Abendlicht. Mit Bleistift u.r. sign. und (19)77 dat. Knickspuren. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2928 (Autumn Sale Gresko, Georg 1920 Berlin - 1962 (?). Aquatintaradierung. Abstrakte, skulpturale Komposition. Verso sign. und authorisierter ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2929 (Autumn Sale Grimm, Wilhelm 1904 Eberstadt - 1986 (?). Farbholzschnitt. "Rummelpott". Verkleidetes Mädchen mit Topfdeckeln in den Händen. Mit ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2930 (Autumn Sale Grossmann, Rudolf 1882 Freiburg i.Br. - 1941 ebd. Aquarellierte Lithographie. Hund, seinen Herrn dabei beobachtend, wie er unter ... | starting price: 10,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2931 (Autumn Sale Heckel, Erich 1883 Döbeln - 1970 Radolfzell a. Bodensee. Lithographie. Vier stehende weibliche Akte und zwei am Flussufer ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2933 (Autumn Sale Höpker, Thomas Geb. 1936 (?). Schwarz-weiß-Photographie. Blick auf die gleichmäßigen Giebel von Rotterdam. Verso Stempel der ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2937 (Autumn Sale Laeuger, Prof. Max 1864 Kandern - 1952 ebd. Radierung. Halbfigurenporträt einer Frau mit erhobenen Händen und auf den Himmel ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2940 (Autumn Sale Magritte, René 1898 Lessines - 1967 Brüssel. Radierung. "Ceci continue de ne pas être und pipe". Pfeife vor Holzmaserung. In der ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2941 (Autumn Sale Marcks, Gerhard 1889 Berlin - 1981 Burgbrohl i.d. Eifel. Holzschnitt. "Der kleine Raucher". Junger Mann mit Pfeife und Mütze, eine ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2943 (Autumn Sale Moderner Graphiker Farblithographie. Abstraktes Stillleben mit drei Glasflaschen. Mit Bleistift u.l. unleserlich ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2944 (Autumn Sale Moderner Graphiker Lithographie. Kreuzförmiger Grabstein im Gras, rechts daneben eine von der Sonne hinterfangene ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2945 (Autumn Sale Moderner Graphiker Aquatintaradierung. Abstrakte Komposition mit geometrischen Formen und Liniengespinnst. Mit ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2946 (Autumn Sale Moderner Graphiker 2. Hälfte Radierung. Fünf Weinbergschnecken, im Hintergrund zweitürmige gotische Kirche. Mit ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2947 (Autumn Sale Moderner Graphiker 2. Hälfte Farbige Aquatintaradierung. Scholle mit geöffnetem Leib. Mit Bleistift u.r. ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2950 (Autumn Sale Nolde, Emil 1867 Nolde/Nordschlesweig - 1956 Seebüll/Hollstein. Aquatintaradierung. Liegender weiblicher Akt mit ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2952 (Autumn Sale Pankok, Otto Geb. 1893 Müllheim a.d. Ruhr. Holzschnitt. Getigerte Katze mit gesträubtem Fell. In der Platte u.r. monogr. Mit ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2953 (Autumn Sale Pankok, Otto Geb. 1893 Müllheim a.d. Ruhr. Holzschnitt. Stehender Marabu. In der Platte u.r. monogr. Mit Bleistift u.r. sign. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2954 (Autumn Sale Pankok, Otto Geb. 1893 Müllheim a.d. Ruhr. Holzschnitt. Vogel mit ausgebreiteten Schwingen in Vorderansicht. U.r. mit Bleistift ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2955 (Autumn Sale Pechstein, Max 1881 Zwickau - 1955 Berlin. Buchgraphik. Kleiner Junge mit Holzpferd. U.r. monogr. und 1916 dat. | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2957 (Autumn Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Heliogravure. Zwei Darstellungen aus der "Comédie humaine". Langgestreckt sitzender ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2958 (Autumn Sale Picasso, Pablo 1881 Malaga - 1973 Mougins. Farblithographie. Zirkusdompteur und Frau auf Pferd in der Manege. Auf dem Stein o.l. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2962 (Autumn Sale Seurat, George 1859 Paris - 1891 ebd. Faksimile. Stehender Mann mit Hut und Stock im Profil nach rechts. | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2963 (Autumn Sale Tápies, Antoni Geb. 1923 Barcelona. Farblithographie. Abstrakte Komposition mit in die untere rechte Ecke zielenden Pfeil, daneben ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2965 (Autumn Sale Thoma, Hans 1839 Bernau - 1924 Karlsruhe. Lithographie. Einladungskarte des Ehepaares Thoma für das Ehepaar Paul von ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2966 (Autumn Sale Thoma, Hans 1839 Bernau - 1924 Karlsruhe. Radierung. Mitgliedskarte des Karlsruher Radiervereins. Im Gras sitzender, ... |
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