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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Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2121 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Alt, Otmar Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz. Heller Scherben, polychrom glasiert. Zierteller. Auf rundem Stand, gemuldeter Korpus. ... | starting price: 400,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2122 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Alt, Otmar Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz. Heller Scherben, glasiert und polychrom bemalt. Vase. Auf Standring, birnförmiger ... | starting price: 1200,- EUR | ||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Modern Prints | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2283 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Alt, Otmar Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz. Zinkographie, geprägt. Auf orangefarbenem Fond zwei polychrome figürliche Gestalten, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2284 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Alt, Otmar Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz. Farbaquatintaradierung. Auf blauem Fond abstrakte Figur in Rot, Gelb, Grün, Blau und ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2285 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Alt, Otmar Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz. Farbaquatintaradierung. Auf blauem Fond abstrakte figürliche Darstellung in Rot, Gelb, ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Dolls and Toys | ||||
0115 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Alt, Otmar Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz. Bronze, patiniert. Aus konischem Sockel erwachsende vierblättrige Blume mit erhabenem ... | ||||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Modern Painting | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1698 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Alt, Otmar Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz. Öl/Lw. «Erinnerung an eine Begegnung». Drei abstrahierte Figuren auf blau changierendem ... | |||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Modern Prints | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1883 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Alt, Otmar Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz. Farbserigraphie. Abstrakte polychrome figürliche Darstellung. Im Druck u. Mitte bez. ... | starting price: 150,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1977 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Acht Plakate der Olympischen Spiele München 1972 Siebdrucke. Tom Wesselmann, David Hockney, Ronald Brooks Kitaj, Allan d'Arcangelo, Otmar Alt, Max Bill, Josef Albers, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1978 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Acht Plakate der Olympischen Spiele München 1972 Siebdrucke. Von David Hockney, Ronald Brooks Kitaj, Allan d'Arcangelo, Otmar Alt, Max Bill, Josef Albers, Victor ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1994 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Zehn Plakate der Olympischen Spiele München 1972 Siebdrucke. U.a. von Otmar Alt, Horst Antes, Pietro Dorazio, Hans Hartung, Charles Lapicque, Jan Lenica, Marino ... | |||
Autumn Auction | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2078 (Autumn Auction Alt, Otmar Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz. Öl/Lw. «Der Entenfresser». Abstrakte Komposition mit Neongelb und Neonrot. U.l. sign. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2079 (Autumn Auction Alt, Otmar Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz. Öl/Lw. «Der Narrentänzer». Abstrakte Komposition auf grün-blau changierendem Fond. U.r. ... | |||
Spring Sale | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2318 (Spring Sale Alt, Otmar Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz. Offsetlithographie. Abstrahierte Darstellung eines Clowns mit roter Perücke. Im Stein ... | starting price: 50,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2319 (Spring Sale Alt, Otmar Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz. Offsetlithographie. Abstrahierte Darstellung einer Stadt. Im Vordergrund Passant mit ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2320 (Spring Sale Alt, Otmar Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz. Offsetlithographie. Abstrahierte figürliche Darstellung mit Blumen und einer Waage im ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | ||
Winter Sale | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2432 (Winter Sale Alt, Otmar Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz. Farblithographie. Abstrahierte Komposition mit über Landschaft fliegendem Vogel bei ... | |||
Autumn Sale | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2311 (Autumn Sale Alt, Otmar Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz. Farblithographie. Abstrahierte Komposition mit über Landschaft fliegendem Vogel bei ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | ||
Autumn Sale | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2891 (Autumn Sale Alt, Otmar Geb. 1940 Wernigerode/Harz. Farblithographie mit Prägedruck. Abstrahierter, vogelähnlicher Kopf, unterschiedlich ... |
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