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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Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
4683 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. E «Windbuche am Wiedener Eck (beech at the Wiedener corner)». Oil on masonite. ... | ||||
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2862 (Autumn Auctions Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. View to the Malsburg farmyards. Oil on masonite. Signed lower right. Verso two ... | ||||
2863 (Autumn Auctions Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Niedereggenen with view of the Blauen. Oil on masonite. Signed lower ... | ||||
2864 (Autumn Auctions Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. View from the Blauen to the Belchen. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Verso two ... | ||||
2865 (Autumn Auctions Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. «Blick vom Belchen auf Tannenkirch (view from the Belchen across Tannenkirch)». Oil ... | ||||
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1631 (Spring Auctions Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 M¸llheim. E Schorb house in Gengenbach at the Hohlebach. Oil on cardboard. Signed lower right ... | ||||
1632 (Spring Auctions Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 M¸llheim. E View of the village B”rental. Oil on masonite. Signed lower right. Inventory ... | ||||
1633 (Spring Auctions Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 M¸llheim. E View of the valley Jostal. Oil on masonite. Signed lower left. Inventory catalogue ... | ||||
Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
1937 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Öl/Hartfaser. Flusslandschaft. In impressionistischem Duktus ein Flusslauf, ... | ||||
1938 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Öl/Hartfaser. Sandwirt. Schwarzwälder Wirtshaus mit zwei Staffagefiguren in Tracht. ... | ||||
1939 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Bleistift und Tuschfederzeichnung. Blick auf Schloss Bürgeln bei Badenweiler. Von ... | ||||
1940 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Öl/Hartfaser. Schwarzwaldtal. In impressionistischem Duktus ein steiles Tal mit ... | ||||
1941 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Aquarell. «Am Titisee». Blick auf die Wasserfläche des Titisees mit herbstlich-roten ... | ||||
1942 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Öl/Hartfaser. Markgräflerland. Von einem erhöhten Standpunkt aus Blick auf eine ... | ||||
1943 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Aquarell. Hotzenwald. Blick auf die Wasserfläche eines Sees mit bewachsenem Ufer. ... | ||||
1944 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Öl/Hartfaser. Sonnenblumen. Vor abendlichem Himmel ein Strauß aus Sonnenblumen. U.l. ... | ||||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
1464 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Öl/Hartfaser. Markgräfler Dorf. Über Felder Blick auf Hertingen bei Bad Bellingen, ... | ||||
1465 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Öl/Hartfaser. «Fahler Loch». Am Rande des Johann-Peter-Hebel-Weges am Feldberg ein ... | ||||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
1982 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Tuschfederzeichnung. Von Anhöhe mit schattenspendendem Baum Blick auf im Tal ... | ||||
1983 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Öl/Hartfaser. Markgräfler Dorf. Über Felder Blick auf Hertingen bei Bad Bellingen, ... | starting price: 1200,- EUR | |||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Modern Painting | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1754 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Öl/Hartfaser. Blumenstillleben mit üppigem Sommerblumenstrauß in kugelförmiger ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2152 (Autumn Auction Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Öl/Hartfaser. Blick vom Luginsland nach Müllheim und Badenweiler. U.l. sign. und ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2173 (Spring Sale Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Öl/Hartfaser. Blick auf das sich in einem Bergsee spiegelnde Matterhorn. U.r. sign. ... | |||
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2133 (Spring Sale Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Öl/Hartfaser. Idyllische Ansicht eines Bauerngehöfts im Frühling. U.r. sign. H. 59, ... | ||||
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2049 (Winter Sale Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Öl/Hartfaser. Blick auf das von Tannen umstandene Schloss Bürgeln im ... | ||||
2050 (Winter Sale Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Gouache. Blick von erhöhtem Standpunkt auf Feldberg im Markgräflerland, im ... | ||||
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2052 (Spring Sale Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Öl/Malkarton. Blick über Weide mit lagernden Kühen auf Hochgebirgskette. U.r. sign. ... | ||||
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2439 (Autumn Sale Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Pastell. Blick aufs Markgräflerland, im Vordergrund Häuschen in den Reben. U.r. ... | ||||
2440 (Autumn Sale Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Öl/Hartfaser. Blick über Palmen entlang einer schroffen Felsküste auf das Meer, ... | ||||
2441 (Autumn Sale Kibiger, Julius 1903 Feldberg - 1983 Müllheim. Öl/Hartfaser. Blick von erhöhtem Standpunkt über Nebelfelder auf den südlichen ... |
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