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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2525 (Autumn Sale Zeichner Bleistiftzeichnung. «Pifferari». Zwei Musikanten. Einer Dudelsack, der andere Flöte spielend. ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | |||
2526 (Autumn Sale Zeichner Tuschfederzeichnung. Stehender, in Lumpen gehüllter Bettler. Unsign. U.r. bez. «Je dmande ... | ||||
2527 (Autumn Sale Zeichner Um 1900. Kohlezeichnung. Tanzendes Paar. In skizzenhafter Manier leicht bekleideter Jüngling mit Blätterkranz im ... | ||||
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2639 (Autumn Sale Ludwig, R. Zeichner und Graphiker 2. Hälfte Lithographie. An einem steinigen Fluss erbaute, von ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | |||
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1895 (Spring Sale Colombo, Renzo (Lorenzo) 1856 Gallarate - 1885 Fougères. Bronze, patiniert, Holz und schwarzer Granit. Auf getrepptem Sockel, venezianischer ... | starting price: 3000,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2277 (Spring Sale Stoll, Artur 1947 Freiburg i.Br. - 2003 Norsingen. 14 Zeichnungen. Abstrahierte, fragmentarisch skizzierte figürliche Formen, ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2378 (Spring Sale Marty, André-Edouard 1882 Paris - 1974 ebd. Farblithographie. «A l'Ombre du Parasol». Strandszene mit im Schatten ruhender Dame in ... | |||
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1895 (Winter Sale Zeichner Lavierte Rötelzeichnung. Tänzelnder Schimmel. U. Mitte bez. Fleckig. H. 13, | starting price: 180,- EUR | |||
1896 (Winter Sale Zeichner Lavierte Tuschzeichnung. Kanonier mit Kanone vor anderen Waffen und militärischen ... | ||||
1897 (Winter Sale Zeichner 18./ Tuschzeichnung. Sich in felsiger Landschaft an einem kleinen Gewässer aufhaltendes Rudel ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | |||
2202 (Winter Sale Strasser, H. Zeichner Bleistiftzeichnung. «Dettersbach». Blick entlang einer Straße durch den kleinen Ort. ... | starting price: 40,- EUR | |||
2257 (Winter Sale Zeichner Wohl Zwei Rötelzeichnungen. Kniender junger Mann, den Kopf nach oben gewandt. Alter bärtiger ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | |||
2258 (Winter Sale Zeichner 19./ Zwei Tuschzeichnungen. Italienisches Wohnhaus in karger Landschaft. Wicke mit ... | ||||
2259 (Winter Sale Zeichner Wohl Tuschzeichnung. Von Bäumen umwachsene Ruine mit Blick auf das Kirchenschiff eines ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2334 (Winter Sale Stoll, Artur 1947 Freiburg i.Br. - 2003 Norsingen. Tuschpinselzeichnung und Fettkreide. «Ohne Titel». Sitzender Männertorso. ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2335 (Winter Sale Stoll, Artur 1947 Freiburg i.Br. - 2003 Norsingen. Feder- und Tuschpinselzeichnung. «Ohne Titel». Aufgeschlagenes Buch. ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2336 (Winter Sale Stoll, Artur 1947 Freiburg i.Br. - 2003 Norsingen. Tuschfederzeichnung. «Ohne Titel». Vornübergebeugt sitzender Mann mit ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2337 (Winter Sale Stoll, Artur 1947 Freiburg i.Br. - 2003 Norsingen. Kohlezeichnung. «Ohne Titel». Augenförmiger Korpus, von wellenförmigen Linien ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2338 (Winter Sale Stoll, Artur 1947 Freiburg i.Br. - 2003 Norsingen. Lavierte Bleistiftzeichnung mit Fettkreide. «Ohne Titel». Nach rechts ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2339 (Winter Sale Stoll, Artur 1947 Freiburg i.Br. - 2003 Norsingen. Feder- und Tuschpinselzeichnung. «Ohne Titel». Sieben gebogene aderförmige ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2340 (Winter Sale Stoll, Artur 1947 Freiburg i.Br. - 2003 Norsingen. Feder- und Tuschpinselzeichnung. «Ohne Titel». Korallenförmige Körper, sich ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2341 (Winter Sale Stoll, Artur 1947 Freiburg i.Br. - 2003 Norsingen. Feder- und Tuschpinselzeichnung. «Ohne Titel». Zwei übereinander angeordnete, ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2342 (Winter Sale Stoll, Artur 1947 Freiburg i.Br. - 2003 Norsingen. Feder- und Tuschpinselzeichnung. «Ohne Titel». Gebogener, spiralförmig ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2343 (Winter Sale Stoll, Artur 1947 Freiburg i.Br. - 2003 Norsingen. Feder- und Tuschpinselzeichnung. «Ohne Titel». Runder Korpus, von ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2344 (Winter Sale Stoll, Artur 1947 Freiburg i.Br. - 2003 Norsingen. Feder- und Tuschpinselzeichnung. «Ohne Titel». Nach oben gebogener ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2345 (Winter Sale Stoll, Artur 1947 Freiburg i.Br. - 2003 Norsingen. Feder- und Tuschpinselzeichnung. «Ohne Titel». Quaderförmiger Korpus mit ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2346 (Winter Sale Stoll, Artur 1947 Freiburg i.Br. - 2003 Norsingen. Kohlezeichnung. «Ohne Titel». Aufrecht stehender zylindrischer Körper in ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2347 (Winter Sale Stoll, Artur 1947 Freiburg i.Br. - 2003 Norsingen. Kohlezeichnung über Tempera. «Ohne Titel». Runder Korpus mit spiralförmig ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
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