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 08.–09.12.2017 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3112 (Winter Auctions 08.–09.12.2017) Walther, Franz Erhard Geb. 1939 Fulda, lebt und arbeitet in Fulda. Untitled. Watercolour and gouache over pencil on strong wove paper. ... | |||
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3306 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Poetzelberger, Robert 1856 Wien - 1930 Reichenau. Low mountain landscape with ploughing farmer. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left and ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2002 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Babberger, August 1885 Hausen - 1936 Altdorf. Head in profile with swallow. Oil on cardboard. Signed lower right. Verso signed again ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2187 (Autumn Auctions Wintersberger, Lambert Maria 1941 München - 2013 Walbourg. Yellow car. Watercolour and silver paint stick over pencil on strong watercolour ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2188 (Autumn Auctions Wintersberger, Lambert Maria 1941 München - 2013 Walbourg. «Stenotypist». Coloured chalk over pencil on strong cream wove paper. Signed lower ... | |||
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4245 (Autumn Auctions Museale kleine Kassette in Truhenform Museum quality small casket in shape of a coffer. Germany early | ||||
4247 (Autumn Auctions Frühbarock-Minnekästchen Early Baroque miniature casket. Probably Mich(e)l and Conrad Mann, Nuremberg circa 1620. Brass, engraved and ... | ||||
4248 (Autumn Auctions Gotische Lederkassette Gothic leather case. Germany | ||||
4249 (Autumn Auctions Aufwändige Renaissance-Spielschatulle in der Art der Embriachi-Werkstatt Elaborate Renaissance coffer in style of Embriachi workshop. Venice | ||||
4256 (Autumn Auctions Prächtige Schmuckschatulle mit Silberapplikationen Magnificent jewel case with silver applications. France | ||||
4257 (Autumn Auctions Hochbedeutendes Schreibkabinett mit Marketerie Important cabinet with delicate marquetry. Tyrol circa 1580. Maple, walnut, oak, black and green coloured pear wood, ... | ||||
4258 (Autumn Auctions Kunstvolles kleines Kabinett mit feiner Marketerie Elaborate small cabinet with delicate marquetry. Tyrol circa 1580. Maple, walnut, oak, black and green coloured wood, ... | ||||
4259 (Autumn Auctions Prächtiges Schreibkabinett mit feinen Marketerien Magnificent cabinet with delicate marquetry. Tyrol circa 1580. Oak, maple, rosewood, veneered, and tin-coated iron. ... | ||||
4264 (Autumn Auctions Runddeckeldokumentenkästchen mit Groteskendekor Document casket with arched lid, decorated with grotesques. France | ||||
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4445 (Autumn Auctions Strassberger, Richard 1868 Leipzig - 1938 Karlsruhe. Female nude. Oil on canvas. Signed upper left. Verso inscribed on the stretcher with ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2024 (Spring Auctions Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Brasov - 1976 Wehr am Rhein. Peasant woman with child. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. DDDD1885 Brasov - ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2034 (Spring Auctions Schnarrenberger, Wilhelm 1892 Buchen - 1966 Karlsruhe. «Bunte Fläschchen auf Weiß (small coloured bottles on white)». Oil on canvas. ... | starting price: 2500,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2035 (Spring Auctions Schnarrenberger, Wilhelm 1892 Buchen - 1966 Karlsruhe. «Cosmea III.». Oil on canvas. Monogrammed lower right and dated (19)50. Verso on the ... | starting price: 2500,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2065 (Spring Auctions Bucher, Carl Geb. 1935 Zürich, lebt und arbeitet in Hollywood und Santa Barbara. «Landing». Oil over cardboard relief on panel. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2105 (Spring Auctions Hersberger, Lori Geb. 1964 Basel, lebt und arbeitet in Basel und Zürich. «Corpses of the Foreign Wars». Acrylic, nitro lacquer and ... | |||
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4351 (Spring Auctions Mulier, Pieter II 1637 Haarlem - 1701 Mailand. Coastal landscape with Hero and Leander. Circa 1680. Oil on canvas, relined. Unsigned. ... | starting price: 16000,- EUR | |||
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4520 (Spring Auctions Rasenberger, Gernot Geb. 1943 Düsseldorf, lebt und arbeitet auf Mallorca. Winterly landscape on the Lower Rhine. Oil on canvas. Signed ... | ||||
4521 (Spring Auctions Rasenberger, Gernot Geb. 1943 Düsseldorf, lebt und arbeitet auf Mallorca. Winterly landscape on the Lower Rhine with stream water. Oil ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2053 (Autumn Auctions Schnarrenberger, Wilhelm 1892 Buchen - 1966 Karlsruhe. «Azaleen (azalea)» Oil on canvas. Signed lower left and dated (19)42. Authentication: ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2054 (Autumn Auctions Schnarrenberger, Wilhelm 1892 Buchen - 1966 Karlsruhe. «Rittersporn (larkspur)». Oil on canvas. Signed and dated (19)35 lower left. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2256 (Autumn Auctions Tàpies, Antoni 1923 Barcelona - 2012 ebd. «Bodega». Aquatint in colours with relief embossing. Numbered 11/25 lower left and ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2290 (Autumn Auctions Mappenwerk «Kinderstern» Portfolio «Kinderstern (children star)». Published by Michael Domberger, Filderstadt 1989. Original map with two ... | |||
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4223 (Autumn Auctions Spätgotische Kassette Late Gothic chest. South Tyrol | ||||
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4391 (Autumn Auctions Museales frühbarockes Prunkkästchen Museum quality early Baroque ornamental casket. Michel and Conrad Mann, Nuremberg | starting price: 15000,- EUR | |||
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3007 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Sachsenspiegel: Landrecht Author Eike von Repgow, between 1180/1190 - 1233, Revision by Dietrich von Bocksdorf. Printer Johann Schönsperger, ... |
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