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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3145 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Apulian red-figured plate Circa | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2221 (Autumn Auctions Rainer, Arnulf Geb. 1929 Baden b. Wien. «Geborgene nach Klimt (woman feeling safe after Klimt)». Mixed media on paper. Titled and ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2151 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Dorazio, Piero 1927 Rom - 2005 Perugia. Composition with stripes. Gouache on laid paper. Signed and dated (19)89 lower right. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2163 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Friedländer, Johnny 1912 Pleß - 1992 Paris. Composition in olive green. Aquatint in colours. Inscribed «e.a.» lower left, dedication ... | |||
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0265 (Autumn Auctions Designerring Design ring. Late 20th C. Yellow gold 18k, 183 white and light brown diamonds with brilliant-cut weighing circa 2 ... | starting price: 1350,- EUR | |||
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2389 (Autumn Auctions Agra Agra. India mid 20th C. Cotton and wool. Good age-related condition. Written expert report, oral estimate 2700 ... | ||||
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0657 (Spring Auctions Art-DÈco-Collier Art Deco necklace. France circa 1930. Yellow and white gold 18k, four brown diamonds with brilliant-cut weighing circa ... | ||||
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1090 (Spring Auctions Agra Agra. India mid 20th c. Cotton, wool. Good age-related condition. Written expert report. DDDDIndien Mitte 20. Jh. ... | ||||
1110 (Spring Auctions Konya Konya. Turkey circa 1960. Wool. Good age-related condition. Written expert report. DDDDT¸rkei um 1960. Kette, ... | ||||
1117 (Spring Auctions Isfahan Isfahan. Persia second half 20th c. Cotton, silk. Good age-related condition. Written expert report. DDDDPersien 2. ... | ||||
1125 (Spring Auctions Buchara Bukhara. Russia circa 1920. Wool. Very good age-related condition. Written expert report. DDDDRussland um 1920. ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2032 (Spring Auctions Zum Hollaendischen Fest For the Dutch festival of the Munich Asscociation of Female Artists. Issue of 20 pages with reproductions of several ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Art Nouveau, Art déco and Design | ||||
0009 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Laeuger, Prof. Max 1864 Lörrach - 1952 ebd. Krug. Ausführung Tonwerke Kandern um 1900. Roter Scherben, braun, schwarz und grün ... | ||||
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1178 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Paar Tapisserien Frankreich | ||||
1196 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Agra Indien 1970er Jahre. Kette und Schuss aus Baumwolle, Flor aus Wolle. Braun, dunkelrot, rotbraun, orangebraun, ... | ||||
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1325 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Amphorenvase China wohl Song-Dynastie. Sandfarbener Scherben, braun, grün und blau glasiert. Auf rundem Stand, gebauchter Korpus ... | ||||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Modern Prints | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1898 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Miró, Joan 1893 Montroig - 1983 Palma de Mallorca. Farblithographie. Abstrakte Komposition in Schwarz, Rot, Grün, Orange, ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | ||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2290 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Monotypie. Auf hellgrauem Fond abstrakte Komposition in Schwarz, Dunkelbraun, ... | |||
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