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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4442 (Spring Auctions Johnston, A. English landscape painter second half | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
4496 (Spring Auctions Monogrammist C.v.F (?) Probably English landscape painter 19th/ | starting price: 200,- EUR | |||
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4730 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Stanley, Cyril English landscape painter 19th C. Shell picker. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1880 lower right. Minor retouching. ... | starting price: 500,- EUR | |||
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1567 (Spring Auctions Compton, Edward Harrison 1881 Feldafing - 1960 ebd. E Panorama of the Alps. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated 1940 lower left. DDDD1881 ... | ||||
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2129 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Englischer Landschaftsmaler 2. Hälfte Öl/Holz. Panorama von Florenz. Von der Piazzale Michelangelo aus Blick über die ... | starting price: 750,- EUR | |||
2173 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Hafford Englischer Landschaftsmaler Aquarell/Papier. «Rheintal». Von einer Anhöhe Blick auf eine Burg ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | |||
2259 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Meadows, William G. Englischer Landschaftsmaler tätig um 1870 - 1895. Öl/Lw. Venedig. Ansicht des Markusplatzes mit Löwensäule und ... | starting price: 500,- EUR | |||
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1587 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Spinks, Thomas Erwähnt Öl/Lw. Flusslandschaft. Flusslauf mit sattgrünem Bewuchs, im Hintergrund ... | starting price: 400,- EUR | |||
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1826 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Adams, C. Englischer Landschaftsmaler 2. Hälfte Öl/Lw. Ländliches Idyll. Neben einer Wiese mit Schafen ... | starting price: 1200,- EUR | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1924 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Hardy, David Englischer Landschaftsmaler Öl/Lw., doubl. Herbstliche Flusslandschaft mit Mühle. U.l. sign. ... | |||
2026 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Monogrammist W.F. Englischer Landschaftsmaler Öl/Lw. Rinder auf der Weide. Unter Bäumen drei Kühe, in der Ferne ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
2085 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Spinks, Thomas Erwähnt 1873 - 1895 in Rom. Öl/Lw. Flusslandschaft. Flusslauf mit sattgrünem Bewuchs, im Hintergrund ein Berg. U.l. ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
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1467 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Bell, Arthur George 1848/49 London - 1916 Edinburgh. Öl/Holz. In idyllischer Sommerlandschaft grasende Schafherde. Die beiden Hirten ... | ||||
1482 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Chainbury, (?) Englischer Landschaftsmaler Öl/Lw., doubl. Idyllische Küstenlandschaft. Im Vordergrund ein ... | ||||
1485 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Cox, David d.Ä. 1783 Birmingham - 1859 Harborne. Öl/Lw. In spätsommerlicher Kulisse Reisende auf einem Weg vor einer Brücke. Im ... | starting price: 3200,- EUR | |||
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1831 (Autumn Auction Hardy, David Englischer Landschaftsmaler Öl/Lw., doubl. Herbstliche Flusslandschaft mit Mühle. U.l. sign. ... | starting price: 450,- EUR | |||
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1867 (Spring Sale Englischer Landschaftsmaler 19./ Öl/Karton. Vollmondbeschienene Landschaft im Vorfrühling. U.r. undeutlich sign. ... | starting price: 1400,- EUR | |||
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1900 (Spring Sale Hardy, David Englischer Landschaftsmaler Öl/Lw., doubl. Herbstliche Flusslandschaft mit Mühle. U.l. sign. ... | starting price: 900,- EUR | |||
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2262 (Autumn Sale Englischer Landschaftsmaler 19./ Öl/Lw. In regnerischer Sommerlandschaft Tandem-Kutsche, eine Landstraße entlangfahrend. ... | ||||
2290 (Autumn Sale Hardy, David Englischer Landschaftsmaler Öl/Lw., doubl. Herbstliche Flusslandschaft mit Mühle. U.l. sign. ... | starting price: 1800,- EUR | |||
2461 (Autumn Sale Shessing, J. (?) Englischer Landschaftsmaler Öl/Holz. An einem Gewässer gelegenes Haus, im Hintergrund hinter ... | ||||
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2628 (Autumn Sale Hardy, Heywood Um 1842 (?) - 1933 (?). Photogravure. «The Tandem». In idyllischer Landschaft auf einem Weg fahrende ... | ||||
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2210 (Spring Sale Shessing, J. (?) Englischer Landschaftsmaler Öl/Holz. An einem Gewässer gelegenes Haus, im Hintergrund hinter ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | |||
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1962 (Winter Sale Englischer Landschaftsmaler Zweite Hälfte Öl/Holz. Auf baumbewachsenem Felsen zwei Wanderer mit Hund, in ein weites Tal ... | ||||
2190 (Winter Sale Spinks, Thomas Um 1872 - 1880. Öl/Lw., doubl. Stimmungsvolle Waldlichtung mit grasenden Schafen und blühenden Wildgräsern. U.r. ... | ||||
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1931 (Spring Sale Englischer Landschaftsmaler 19./ Öl/Malkarton. Gebirgige Flusslandschaft mit im Wasser stehendem Angler bei heraufziehendem ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
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2273 (Autumn Sale Boyle, George Englischer Landschaftsmaler 2. Hälfte Öl/Holz. Waldlandschaft mit Birken. U.l. monogr. ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
2554 (Autumn Sale Pembery, R. Englischer Landschaftsmaler Öl/Malkarton. Romantische Flusslandschaft mit Burgruine und ... |
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