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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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Collection of the magazine «revue integration». Published by Herman de Vries, Arnhem. 6 pieces. Comprising «integration 1 - aktuell 65», 1965, exhibition catalogue Aktuell 65 of the gallery Aktuell Bern, with a leaflet by Herman de Vries; «integration 2/3 - Zero Avantgarde 1965», limited edition of 300 copies, numbered 93 on the front page, with prints by Wybrand Ganzevoort and Hermann de Vries (zwei); «integration 4», limited edition of 300 copies, numbered 134, with a collage by Bernhard Aubertin, print by Lucio Fontana and a folded work by Mathias Goeritz; «integration 5/6», 1966, limited edition of 300 copies, numbered 118, with collages by Herbert Distel, Markus Rätz, Christian Megert, Benedicht Fivian and the paper embossing «weiß (white)» by Raymund Gricke; «integration 7/8», 1967, limited edition of 350 copies, numbered on the front page 284, with the print «Random objectivation», signed lower left in pencil and the print «Homogene struktuur» by Herman de Vries. «revue integration 9», limited edition of 320 copies, numbered 265 on the front page, with paper works «black» by Ad Reinhardt, «message» by Mathias Goeritz and «white» by Herman de Vries. Partially with foxing, water stains and discolouration. Provenance: private collection.
6-tlg. Herausgegeben von Herman de Vries, Arnhem. Bestehend aus «integration 1 - aktuell 65», 1965, Katalog der Übersichtsausstellung Aktuell 65 der Galerie Aktuell Bern, mit einem Faltblatt von Herman de Vries. «integration 2/3 - Zero Avantgarde 1965», limitierte Aufl. von 300 Exemplaren, auf Titelblatt 93 num., mit Drucken von Wybrand Ganzevoort und Hermann de Vries (zwei). «integration 4», limitierte Aufl. von 300 Exemplaren, 134 num., mit Streichholzcollage von Bernhard Aubertin, geritztem Druck von Lucio Fontana und einer Faltarbeit von Mathias Goeritz; «integration 5/6», 1966, limitierte Aufl. von 300 Exemplaren, 118 num., mit Collagen von Herbert Distel, Markus Rätz, Christian Megert, Benedicht Fivian sowie der Papierprägung «weiß» von Raymund Gricke. «integration 7/8», 1967, limitierte Aufl. von 350 Exemplaren, auf Titelblatt 284 num., mit den Graphiken «Random objectivation», mit Bleistift u.l. sign. sowie der Graphik «Homogene struktuur» von Herman de Vries. «revue integration 9», limitierte Aufl. von 320 Exemplaren, auf Titelblatt 265 num., mit den Papierarbeiten «black» von Ad Reinhardt, «message» von Mathias Goeritz und «white» von Herman de Vries. Teilweise mit Stockflecken, Wasserflecken und gebräunt.
Provenienz: Privatsammlung.