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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Preiss, Johann Philipp Ferdinand
1882 Erbach - 1943 Berlin.
«Curtsy». Biedermeier styled lady curtsying.
Berlin circa 1920. Cherrywood, carved and stained, ivory, carved, and portoro marble, polished. Verso signed on the base «F. Preiss».
H (including base)
«The Biedermeier lady has a second female figure in the same material as her counterpart, wearing a hat on her head. Both models were exhibited at the Leipzig sample fair in 1930 at the stand of Preiss & Kassler, Berlin. [...] The design is attributed to the sculptor Peleska-Lunard (1873 - 1911).» from: Jutta Stern, expert report,
Expert report: Jutta Stern, granddaughter of the artist,
Provenance: family of the artist (from the estate of the private collection Preiss in Berlin); Kaupp, Sulzburg, auction A033, 22.09.2005, lot 75; since then private possession
Literature: Alberto Shayo, Ferdinand Preiss - Art Deco Sculptor, 2005,
This object has been made from material of a protected species and is subject to certain trade restrictions due to the current CITES regulations. Unrestricted trade is only permitted within the EU. An export to third countries is currently not possible. Preiss, Johann Philipp Ferdinand
1882 Erbach - 1943 Berlin.
«Curtsy». Biedermeierlich gewandete Dame beim Knicks.
Berlin um 1920. Kirschbaum, geschnitzt und gebeizt, Elfenbein, geschnitzt, und Portoro Marmor, poliert. Verso auf dem Sockel sign. «F. Preiss».
H. (mit Sockel)
«Die Biedermeierdame hat als Pendant eine zweite weibliche Figur in gleichem Material, die einen Hut auf dem Kopf trägt. Beide Modelle wurden auf der Leipziger Mustermesse 1930 auf dem Stand von Preiss & Kassler, Berlin ausgestellt. [...] Der Entwurf wird dem Bildhauer Peleska-Lunard (1873 - 1911) zugeschrieben.» aus: Jutta Stern, Expertise,
Expertise: Jutta Stern, Enkelin des Künstlers,
Provenienz: Familie des Künstlers (aus dem Nachlass der privaten Berliner Sammlung Preiss); Kaupp, Sulzburg, Auktion A033, 22.09.2005, Los 75; seitdem Privatbesitz
Literatur: Alberto Shayo, Ferdinand Preiss - Art Deco Sculptor, 2005,
Dieses Objekt wurde aus Material einer geschützten Art gefertigt und unterliegt aufgrund der aktuellen CITES Bestimmungen gewissen Handelsrestriktionen. Ein uneingeschränkter Handel ist nur innerhalb der EU erlaubt. Ein Export in Drittländer ist zurzeit nicht möglich.