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 20.–21.11.2020 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2167 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Chillida, Eduardo 1924 San Sebastián - 2002 ibid. «Zeihartu I». 1973. Etching on strong BFK Rives wove paper. Signed lower right ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2168 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Chillida, Eduardo 1924 San Sebastián - 2002 ibid. «Zeihartu V». 1973. Etching on strong BFK Rives wove paper. Signed lower left ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2174 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Förg, Günther 1952 Füssen - 2013 «Ohne Titel (untitled)». Green - black with yellow. Mixed media ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2204 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Sicilia, José María Born 1954 Madrid, lives and works in Paris, Mallorca and New York. «s/t». Acrylic on canvas. Verso signed, titled, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2209 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Tollens, Peter Born 1954 Kleve, lives and works in Cologne. Untitled. Yellow - light yellow. Oil on canvas. Verso signed, dated ... | |||
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3229 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Roth, Johann Gabriel Active in the area of Lake Constance between 1718 and 1729. Two counterparts. Gentleman with a gold-trimmed vest. ... | ||||
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3238 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Bergen, Fritz 1857 Dessau - 1941 Munich. «Flugblätter der roten Garde (leaflets of the Red Guard)». Gouache and opaque white ... | ||||
3240 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Bizer, Emil 1881 Pforzheim - 1957 Badenweiler. Lörracher rapids at the Tumringer bridge. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. ... | ||||
3244 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Defregger, Franz von 1835 Stronach/Tyrol - 1921 Munich. Recto. «Mädchenhalbakt (semi-nude of a girl)». Charcoal on paper, mounted ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
3245 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Defregger, Franz von 1835 Stronach/Tyrol - 1921 Munich. «Nasenstudien (nose studies)». Pencil on paper with centre fold, mounted ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
3248 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Echter, Michael 1812 Munich - 1879 ibid. «Zur Schlacht auf dem Lechfeld (to the battle of Lechfeld)». Pencil and India ink, ... | ||||
3249 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Echter, Michael 1812 Munich - 1879 ibid. «Die Schlacht auf dem Lechfeld (the battle of Lechfeld)». Pencil and India ink, ... | ||||
3250 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Echter, Michael 1812 Munich - 1879 ibid. «Entwurf für Meistersänger (draft for Meistersänger)». Pencil and India ink, partially ... | ||||
3251 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Echter, Michael 1812 Munich - 1879 ibid. «Gesslers Tod aus Wilhelm Tell (Gessler's death from William Tell)». Charcoal on ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
3252 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Echter, Michael 1812 Munich - 1879 ibid. «Allegorie z. Ankunft in München (allegory on the arrival in Munich)». Pencil and ... | ||||
3253 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Echter, Michael 1812 Munich - 1879 ibid. «Puttenreigen (putto dance)». Pencil and watercolour on cream paper, mounted under ... | ||||
3254 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Echter, Michael 1812 Munich - 1879 ibid. «Allegorie für die "Kunst" im Oval (allegory for the "art" in oval)». Pencil on cream ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
3255 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Echter, Michael 1812 Munich - 1879 ibid. «Das Märchen (the fairy tale)». Pencil on brownish paper, mounted under passepartout at ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
3256 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Echter, Michael 1812 Munich - 1879 ibid. «Allegorie des Bergbaus (allegory of mining)». Pencil on cream parchment paper, mounted ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
3257 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Echter, Michael 1812 Munich - 1879 ibid. «Allegorie der Architektur (allegory of architecture)». Pencil on cream parchment ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
3258 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Echter, Michael 1812 Munich - 1879 ibid. Collection of five nude drawings. «Weiblicher stehender Akt, drei Hände und Draperien ... | ||||
3275 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Heffner, Julius 1877 Bretzingen - 1951 «Frühling bei Kirchzarten (Unteres Brückle) (springtime near ... | ||||
3277 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Heffner, Julius 1877 Bretzingen - 1951 «Blick ins Kapplertal (view of the Kapplertal)». Oil on ... | ||||
3319 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Seel, Adolf 1829 Wiesbaden - 1907 Dillenburg. In the cloister of the collegiate church of Berchtesgaden. Oil on canvas. ... | ||||
3321 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Standing male nude, javelin thrower. Circa | starting price: 1500,- EUR | |||
3322 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Sitting male nude with anatomical sketch. Circa | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
3323 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Standing female nude, torso. Circa | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
3324 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Standing male nude, seen from behind. Circa | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
3325 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Sitting male nude, turning away from the viewer. Circa | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
3326 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Spitzweg, Carl 1808 Munich - 1885 ibid. Reclining male nude, young man. Circa |
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