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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Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3082 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Dreher, Peter 1932 Mannheim - 2020 Untitled. Around 1985. Watercolour on light cardboard. ... | |||
Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2099 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Dreher, Peter 1932 Mannheim - 2020 Key. Oil on strong cardboard. Verso signed, dated «März 94 ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2100 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Dreher, Peter 1932 Mannheim - 2020 Four landscapes. Drypoint in four segments on laid paper. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2101 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Dreher, Peter 1932 Mannheim - 2020 «Tag um Tag ist guter Tag (day by day is good day)». Oil on ... | |||
Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2068 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Dreher, Peter Born 1932 Mannheim, lives and works in Wittnau. Bunch of roses in a glass vase. Etching on 8Y laid paper ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2069 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Dreher, Peter Born 1932 Mannheim, lives and works in Wittnau. Glass. Oil on masonite. Verso signed, dated «Januar 73» and ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2118a (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Dreher, Peter Geb. 1932 Mannheim, lebt und arbeitet in Wittnau. «Ein Glas für New-York (a glass for New York)». Pencil on light ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2118 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Dreher, Peter Geb. 1932 Mannheim, lebt und arbeitet in Wittnau. Three glasses. Etchings on laid paper. Signed middle right and ... | |||
Winter Auctions 08.–09.12.2017 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3065 (Winter Auctions 08.–09.12.2017) Dreher, Peter Geb. 1932 Mannheim, lebt und arbeitet in Wittnau. Glass. Oil on strong cardboard. Dated upper middle «29.10.2003». ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3066 (Winter Auctions 08.–09.12.2017) Dreher, Peter Geb. 1932 Mannheim, lebt und arbeitet in Wittnau. Roses in a glass vase. Etching on laid paper. Signed lower middle ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2081 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Dreher, Peter Geb. 1932 Mannheim, lebt und arbeitet in Wittnau. «Blick vom Tuniberg nach Süden (view from the Tuniberg to the ... | |||
Autumn Auctions | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1201 (Autumn Auctions Dreher, Peter Born 1932 Mannheim. Key. Acrylic on cardboard. Signed upper middle, dated 03.10.(19)81 upper middle. Passepartout. ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2059 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Dreher, Peter Geb. 1932 Mannheim. Schlüssel. Acryl/Karton. An Nagel hängender Schlüssel. U. Mitte Ritzsign., o. Mitte 29.9.(19)78 ... | |||
Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2129 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Dreher, Peter Geb. 1932 Mannheim. Acryl/Karton. An Nagel hängender Schlüssel. U. Mitte 10.(19)87 dat. Verso sign. und gewidmet. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2158 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Juvan, Susi Geb. 1959 Ebersbach. Acryl/Lw. Herbst. Weite, leicht ansteigende Felder, im Hintergrund der Horizont. Verso mit ... | |||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1690 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Dreher, Peter Geb. 1932 Mannheim. Acryl/Holz. An Nagel hängender Schlüssel. U. Mitte 10.(19)88 dat. und verso mit Bleistift ... | |||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Modern Prints | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1915 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Dreher, Peter Geb. 1932 Mannheim. Radierung. Landschaftsdarstellung in vier Segmenten. Mit Bleistift u.l. 4/220 num. sowie u.r. ... | |||
Spring Sale | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2153 (Spring Sale Dreher, Peter Geb. 1932 Mannheim. Öl/Holz. An Nagel hängender Schlüssel. O. Mitte 12.9.(19)79 dat. | |||
Autumn Sale | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2551 (Autumn Sale Dreher, Peter Geb. 1932 Mannheim. Öl/Hartfaser. An einem Nagel hängender Schlüssel. U. Mitte eingeritzt 9.(19)86 dat. Verso ... | |||
Winter Sale | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2279 (Winter Sale Dreher, Peter Geb. 1932 Mannheim. Öl/Karton. An Nagel hängender Schlüssel. O. Mitte 24.9.(19)82 dat. und u. Ritzsignatur. H. ... | |||
Autumn Sale | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2158 (Autumn Sale Dreher, Peter Geb. 1932 Mannheim. Öl/Karton. An Nagel hängender Schlüssel. O. Mitte 24.9.(19)82 dat. und u. Ritzsignatur. H. ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Autumn Sale | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2735 (Autumn Sale Dreher, Peter Geb. 1932 Mannheim. Öl/Karton. An einem Nagel hängender Schlüssel mit Ring. U. sign. und (19)75 dat. |
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