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.
Carl Spitzweg |
There are 95 matches. | ||||
| ||||
In our current auction you will also find works by Carl Spitzweg. | ||||
Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010 Old Prints | ||||
2281 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Merian, Matthäus 1593 Basel - 1650 Bad Schwalbach. 15 Kupferstiche, überwiegend von Matthäus Merian. Ansichten von Badenweiler, ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009 Furniture | ||||
1478 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Frankfurter Wellenschrank Hessen | ||||
Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009 Coins | ||||
1938 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Die Medaillen der Deutschen Bundesländer Elf Medaillen aus Sterling-Silber, Baden-Württemberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Bayern, Hamburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Berlin, ... | starting price: 150,- EUR | |||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Furniture | ||||
0922 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Frankfurter Wellenschrank Hessen um 1750. Eiche massiv. Auf fünf gedrückten Kugelfüßen, mächtiger profilierter Sockel, hochrechteckiger ... | ||||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Autographs | ||||
1710 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Konvolut Autographen Acht Autographen. Ein handbeschriebener Briefumschlag, verso mit Siegel von Fürst Reuß älterer Linie an Viktoria zu ... | ||||
1711 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Konvolut königliche Autographen Zwölf Autographen. Sechs handbeschriebene Briefumschläge, teilweise mit Siegel von Königin Victoria von England (1819 ... | ||||
1712 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Konvolut Autographen Zwölf Autographen. Ein handbeschriebener Briefumschlag, verso mit Siegel, von Fürstin Hohenlohe, Herzogin zu Wied an ... | ||||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Furniture | ||||
0958 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Satz von vier Spätbiedermeier-Stühlen Hessen um 1850. Nussbaum. Auf zwei Säbel- und zwei Spiralbeinen, trapezförmiger Rahmen mit Polsterung, leicht nach ... | starting price: 250,- EUR | |||
0973 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Louis-XVI-Schrank Hessen um | ||||
0979 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Biedermeier-Schrank Hessen um | ||||
1031 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Barock-Schrank Hessen um | starting price: 1400,- EUR | |||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Modern Painting | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1715 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Calliess, Joachim Geb. 1931 Neubrandenburg. Tuschzeichnung. Studie eines kleinen Mädchens und eines kleinen Jungen in luftiger ... | |||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Old Prints | ||||
1802 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Blaeu, Willem Janszoon 1571 Uitgeest - 1638 Amsterdam. Kolorierter Kupferstich. Nassovia Comitatus. Landkarte von Hessen und Westfalen. In ... | ||||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Modern Prints | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1897 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Calliess, Joachim Geb. 1931 Neubrandenburg. Farblithographie. Brustbildnis eines Mädchens mit schwarzen Locken und Blumen im Haar. ... | |||
Autumn Sale | ||||
0650 (Autumn Sale Kelchglas Hessen Mitte | ||||
Autumn Sale | ||||
1877 (Autumn Sale 15 Goldmünzen Eine 20-Mark-Feingoldmünze, Ludwig III Grosherzog von Hessen 1873 H. Drei 20-Mark-Feingoldmünzen, Wilhelm Deutscher ... | ||||
Autumn Sale | ||||
2143 (Autumn Sale Hofporträtist Hessen Öl/Lw. Im Oval Brustbildnis eines hessischen Adligen in Uniform, die rechte Hand an die ... | starting price: 1400,- EUR | |||
Spring Sale | ||||
1900 (Spring Sale Barock-Büste Hessen | ||||
Winter Sale | ||||
1439 (Winter Sale Joh.-Friedrich-Bräuer-Stock Darmstadt 2. Hälfte | ||||
Winter Sale | ||||
1753 (Winter Sale Soldan - zurückgezogen, Philipp Um 1500 Hessen - nach 1569 (?). Eisenguss. Rechteckige Ofenplatte mit Darstellung der Judith, mit dem Haupt des ... | ||||
Winter Sale | ||||
1804 (Winter Sale Apostelfigur Mittelrhein oder Südhessen Ende | ||||
Winter Sale | ||||
2012 (Winter Sale Hessen Landschaftsmaler 2. Hälfte Öl/Lw. Blick über Wiese auf leicht erhöht stehenden Bauernhof mit ... | starting price: 50,- EUR | |||
Autumn Sale | ||||
1453 (Autumn Sale Soldan, Philipp Um 1500 Hessen - nach 1569 (?). Eisenguss. Rechteckige Ofenplatte mit Darstellung der Judith, mit dem Haupt des ... | starting price: 1400,- EUR | |||
Autumn Sale | ||||
1521 (Autumn Sale Goldmünze Eine 20-Mark-Goldmünze, Ludwig III., Großherzog von Hessen, Deutsches Reich 1874 H. | ||||
Autumn Sale | ||||
1857 (Autumn Sale Hessen Landschaftsmaler 2. Hälfte Öl/Lw. Blick über Wiese auf leicht erhöht stehenden Bauernhof mit ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | |||
Spring Sale | ||||
1519 (Spring Sale Soldan, Philipp Um 1500 Hessen - nach 1569 (?). Eisenguss. Rechteckige Ofenplatte mit Darstellung von Judith, mit dem Haupt des ... | starting price: 2800,- EUR | |||
Winter Sale | ||||
2023 (Winter Sale Drei Goldmünzen Zwei 20-Mark-Feingoldmünzen, Wilhelm, Deutscher Kaiser, König v. Preussen, Deutsches Reich, 1878 A, 1900 A. Eine ... | ||||
2024 (Winter Sale Zwei Goldmünzen Eine 20-Mark-Feingoldmünze, Ludwig III., Grosherzog von Hessen, Deutsches Reich, 1873 H. Eine 20-Mark-Feingoldmünze, ... | ||||
Autumn Sale | ||||
1906 (Autumn Sale 73 Münzen Sechs 5-Mark-Münzen, Deutsches Reich 1888, 1901, 1907, 1907, 1914, 1934. Eine 5-Reichsmark-Münze, Deutsches Reich ... | ||||
Autumn Sale | ||||
3073 (Autumn Sale Haus Hessen Johann Paul Reinhards Entwurf einer Historie des hochfürstlichen Hauses Hessen. Erlangen, Gotthard Poersch 1753. ... |
| ||||