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 Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Paintings and Drawings 15th to 18th Century | ||||
1675 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Heiligenmaler 16./ Szene aus einer Märtyrerlegende. Öl/Holz. Junge Märtyrerin mit Augenbinde kniend und die ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
1820 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Heiligenmaler Stifterbildchen. Öl/Holz. Ein bürgerlich gekleideter Mann neben seinem abgelegten Hut kniend, ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009 Paintings and Drawings 15th to 18th Century | ||||
2004 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Heiligenmaler Öl/Lw. Madonna. Vor neutralem Hintergrund Halbfigurenbild Mariae mit dem Jesuskind auf dem ... | ||||
2005 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Heiligenmaler Wohl süddeutsch Öl/Lw. Maria mit Kind. Brustbild der sitzenden Maria. In ihren Armen das ... | ||||
2006 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Heiligenmaler 17./ Öl/Lw. Betende Büßerin. Von einem Engel begleitete händeringende Nonne im Gebet. Unsign. ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | |||
2007 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Heiligenmaler 17./ Öl/Lw., doubl. Petrus im Gefängnis. In einem Verlies ein Engel, Petrus befreiend. Unsign. ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
2008 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Heiligenmaler Wohl Öl/Lw., doubl. Der Kalvarienberg. In fahlem Mondlicht die drei Gekreuzigten mit ... | ||||
2009 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Heiligenmaler 17./ Öl/Lw. Hl. Paulus. In ovalem Ausschnitt Brustbild des Heiligen mit Schwert und Buch. ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | |||
Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2164 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Grünewald Heiligenmaler Blei- und Buntstift/Papier. Christus am Kreuz. U.l. undeutlich sign. und ... | starting price: 500,- EUR | ||
2181 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Heiligenmaler 18./ Öl/Lw. Christus am Ölberg. In einem goldumrandeten Bogenfeld eine dunkle Landschaft, ... | ||||
2182 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Heiligenmaler 19./ Öl/Lw., auf Holz aufgezogen. Maria mit Jesus und Johannes. Vor weiter Felsenlandschaft die ... | ||||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Paintings and Drawings 15th to 18th Century | ||||
1318 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Spanischer Heiligenmaler 17./ Öl/Lw., doubl. Maria mit dem Jesuskind. Ganzfigurenbild der sitzenden Muttergottes in ... | ||||
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1432 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Heiligenmaler Öl/Holz. Kreuzabnahme. In Grisaillemalerei Darstellung der Kreuzabnahme Jesu. Unsign. Am Rand ... | ||||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Paintings and Drawings 15th to 18th Century | ||||
1807 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Heiligenmaler 17./ Öl/Lw., doubl. Heilige Sippe. Auf einer Terrasse mit Landschaftsausblick auf der rechten ... | ||||
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1943 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Heiligenmaler Gouache/Hartfaser. Madonna mit schlafendem Jesuskind. U.r. undeutlich sign. «O. Sitz» und bez. ... | ||||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Paintings and Drawings 15th to 18th Century | ||||
1423 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Fendi, (?) Süddeutscher Heiligenmaler Öl/Lw. Die thronende Madonna mit dem Jesuskind und dem kleinen ... | starting price: 2500,- EUR | |||
1430 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Heiligenmaler Ende Öl/Lw./Holz, parkettiert. Brustbildnis der betenden Hl. Maria im Dreiviertelprofil nach ... | ||||
1431 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Heiligenmaler Wohl Schlesien um 1750. Öl/Lw., doubl. Hl. Josef, das selig schlafende Jesuskind betrachtend. Unsign. Risse, ... | ||||
1432 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Heiligenmaler 16./ Öl/Lw. Taufe Jesu. Christus in den flachen Wassern des Jordan stehend, am Ufer Johannes ... | ||||
1450 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Spanischer Heiligenmaler 17./ Öl/Lw. Hl. Apollonia von Alexandrien. Darstellung der vor den Stadtmauern in Ketten ... | ||||
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1674 (Autumn Auction Heiligenmaler 17./ Öl/Kupfer. Szene aus der Passion Christi. Jesus mit Dornenkrone, die Knechte ihn ... | starting price: 700,- EUR | |||
1675 (Autumn Auction Heiligenmaler 17./ Öl/Lw., doubl. Hl. Maria mit dem Christuskind auf ihrem Schoß, zu ihrer rechten Seite ihre ... | ||||
1676 (Autumn Auction Heiligenmaler 16./ Öl/Lw. Taufe Jesu. Christus in den flachen Wassern des Jordan stehend, am Ufer Johannes ... | starting price: 2500,- EUR | |||
1677 (Autumn Auction Heiligenmaler Öl/Lw./Holz. Märtyrer huldigen dem Christuskind. In den Wolken stehender blondgelockter ... | starting price: 4000,- EUR | |||
1715 (Autumn Auction Spanischer Heiligenmaler 17./ Öl/Lw. Eremit in dunkelbrauner Kutte mit Kapuze, neben ihm unter einem Kreuz ein ... | ||||
1837 (Autumn Auction Heiligenmaler Öl/Lw./Karton. Brustbildnis eines bärtigen Heiligen, den Blick erschrocken gen Himmel ... | ||||
1838 (Autumn Auction Heiligenmaler Um 1800. Öl/Lw., doubl. Biblische Szene. Religiöse Erziehung Marias durch ihre Mutter Anna. In antiker Kulisse die ... | starting price: 2500,- EUR | |||
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1766 (Spring Sale Heiligenmaler 17./ Öl/Holz. Kreuzigung Christi. Jesus am Kreuz, flankiert von Hl. Maria zu seiner Rechten und ... | starting price: 3500,- EUR | |||
1767 (Spring Sale Heiligenmaler 18./ Öl/Lw. Sitzender Evangelist Johannes auf Patmos, ein aufgeschlagenes Buch auf seinen Knien ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
1768 (Spring Sale Heiligenmaler 17./ Öl/Lw. Unter einem Bogen Darstellung der Hl. Maria Magdalena als Büßerin. Ihre linke Hand ... | starting price: 3500,- EUR |
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