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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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Jubiläumsauktionen 06.–07.12.2019
Maschkow, Ilja Iwanowitsch
1881 Mikhailovskaya-on-Don - 1944 Abramzewo.
«Nude model with roses».
Circa 1909. Oil on canvas. Signed upper left. Isolated white shrinking cracks.
H 60, W 80 cm.
In 1910 Ilja Iwanowitsch Maschkow founded the artist group «Jack of Diamonds» with among others Kontschalowski (1876 - 1856) and Aristarch Lentulow (1882 - 1943), following the art exhibition «Knave of Diamonds» in Moscow. At the beginning of the 20th century they were considered an essential part of the Russian avant-garde. The name derives from the playing card Jack of Diamonds (also called Knave of Diamonds). At the time of the Tsarist Empire, prisoners in Russia were marked with a black diamond on their clothing. In card players jargon, the Jack of Diamonds is also associated with a cheater. The group of artists, which existed until December 1917, organized a total of six exhibitions during this period, including a travelling exhibition. In 1927 the Tretyakov Gallery honoured the group with a retrospective.
Expert report: Prof. Dr. Gleb G. Pospelow, sworn-in art historian and expert of the artist group «Jack of Diamonds», Moscow, 16.11.2009.
According to Prof. Dr. Pospelow, this painting is «a very obvious work of art by I.I. Maschkow. All the peculiarities of the model depicted, the surrounding objects and the technique of painting are very characteristic of his works from 1909. During this period Maskhov painted numerous naked models in his studio. He gave free rein to his new understanding of form and colour». Prof. Dr. Pospelow also adds: «I regret that the picture was previously unknown to me when I published my last book about the artist group "Jack of Diamonds" (2008). I will publish this painting in my upcoming work in the future.» Unfortunately, Prof. Dr. Pospelow died before another publication could be released.
Material analysis: Dr. Heinrich Piening, Bayerische Verwaltung der staatlichen Schlösser, Gärten und Seen, Munich, 04.12.2017. There is no evidence of subsequent signing. There is no technical evidence against a temporal classification of the picture in the period around 1910.
Pigment analysis: Prof. Dr. Hermann Kühn, Munich, 09.06.2008. The composition of the pigments shows no evidence against the time of origin of the painting around 1910. There is no indication that the signature has been added afterwards.
Provenance: studio of the artist; Oscar Miestchaninoff collection, Paris and Los Angeles, 1911; Paul Kantor collection, Los Angeles, 1950; Erich Wendt collection and successor, Berlin, 1954; since 2007 private collection Munich.
Exhibition: Vic-sur-Seille, Museum Georges de La Tour, 23.05. - 27.08.2017.
Literature: Museum Georges de La Tour (Ed.), Catalogue des peintures et de l'exposition Autour de Brancusi, Vic-sur-Seille 2017 (introduction to the exhibition); Gleb G. Pospelow, Moderne russische Malerei, Die Künstlergruppe Karo-Bube, Stuttgart 1985, ill. 84 (cf.).

deutsch Maschkow, Ilja Iwanowitsch
1881 Michailowskaja a. Don - 1944 Abramzewo.
«Nude model with roses».
Um 1909. Öl auf Leinwand. O.l. sign. Vereinzelt Frühschwundrisse.
H. 60, B. 80 cm.
Ilja Iwanowitsch Maschkow gründete 1910 mit unter anderem Pjotr Kontschalowski (1876 - 1856) und Aristarch Lentulow (1882 - 1943), nach der Kunstausstellung «Karo-Bube» in Moskau, die gleichnamige Künstlergruppe. Zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts gilt sie als wesentlicher Teil der russischen Avantgarde.
Der Name geht auf die Spielkarte Karo-Bube - auch Spitzbube genannt - zurück. Zur Zeit der Zaren wurden in Russland Häftlinge mit einer schwarzen Raute auf der Kleidung markiert. Im Kartenspieljargon wird der Karo-Bube auch mit dem Betrüger in Verbindung gebracht. Die Künstlergruppe, die bis Dezember 1917 bestand, veranstaltete in dieser Zeit insgesamt sechs Ausstellungen, darunter eine Wanderausstellung. Im Jahr 1927 ehrte die Tretjakow-Galerie die Gruppe mit einer Retrospektive
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Gutachten: Prof. Dr. Gleb G. Pospelow, vereidigter Kunstwissenschaftler und Experte der Künstlergruppe «Karo-Bube», Moskau, 16.11.2009.
Laut Prof. Dr. Pospelow handelt es sich bei dem vorliegenden Gemälde um «ein ganz offenkundiges Kunstwerk von I.I. Maschkow. Alle Besonderheiten des dargestellten Modells, der umgebenen Gegenstände und der Technik der Malerei sind sehr charakteristisch für die Reihe seiner Werke des Jahrs 1909. In dieser Periode malte Maschkow eins ums andere Mal nackte Modelle in seinem Atelier. Er lässt seinem neuen Verständnis für Form und Farbe freien Lauf [...]». Des Weiteren fügt Prof. Dr. Pospelow hinzu: «Ich bedaure, dass mir das Bild bislang unbekannt war, als ich mein letztes Buch über die Künstlergruppe "Karo-Bube" (2008) publizierte. Ich werde dieses Gemälde in meinen nächsten zukünftigen Arbeiten veröffentlichen.» Leider verstarb Prof. Dr. Pospelow, bevor es zu einer weiteren Veröffentlichung kommen konnte.
Materialtechnische Untersuchung: Dr. Heinrich Piening, Bayerische Verwaltung der staatlichen Schlösser, Gärten und Seen, München, 04.12.2017. Es gibt keinerlei Hinweise auf eine nachträgliche Signierung. Es spricht kein technischer Befund gegen eine zeitliche Einordnung des Bildes in die Zeit um 1910.
Farbanalyse: Prof. Dr. Hermann Kühn, München, 09.06.2008. Bei der Zusammensetzung der Malfarben spricht nichts gegen die Entstehung des Bildes um 1910. Es gibt keinerlei Anhaltspunkte dafür, dass die Signatur später hinzugefügt sein könnte.
Provenienz: Atelier des Künstlers; Sammlung Oscar Miestchaninoff, Paris und Los Angeles, 1911; Sammlung Paul Kantor, Los Angeles, 1950; Sammlung Erich Wendt und Nachfolge, Berlin, 1954; seit 2007 Privatsammlung München.
Ausstellung: Vic-sur-Seille, Museum Georges de La Tour, 23.05. - 27.08.2017.
Literatur: Museum Georges de La Tour (Hrsg.), Catalogue des peintures et de l'exposition Autour de Brancusi, Vic-sur-Seille 2017 (Einleitung zur Ausstellung); Gleb. G. Pospelow, Moderne russische Malerei, Die Künstlergruppe Karo-Bube, Stuttgart 1985, Abb. 84 (vgl.).
 

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