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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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Sicilia, José María
Born 1954 Madrid, lives and works in Paris, Mallorca and New York.
«Los paños de oro 633».
1999. Encaustic and collage with oil, acrylic and paper on canvas, mounted on masonite. Verso monogrammed and dated (19)99 as well as directional arrows. Verso on a printed label from Galeria Arte Y Naturaleza, Madrid, titled, dated 1999 and with the work's data as well as two more printed labels with the work's data. Verso on the back board inscribed by a different hand «JMS - 633».
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Sicilia often uses the encaustic technique, mixing colour pigments with wax, heating them and applying them hot onto the painting surface. This process creates soft, blurred colour transitions. He often places a paper under the wax layer to create the characteristic windows.
Authentication: We would like to thank Mr Philippe Manzone, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, for the direct consultation of the artist and the authentication via
Provenance: Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid; Galeria Arte Y Naturaleza, Madrid; since then private collection Spain. 
Sicilia, José María
Geb. 1954 Madrid, lebt und arbeitet in Paris, Mallorca und New York.
«Los paños de oro 633».
1999. Enkaustik und Collage mit Öl, Acryl und Papier auf Leinwand, auf Hartfaser kaschiert. Verso monogr. und (19)99 dat. sowie Richtungspfeile. Verso auf einem gedruckten Etikett der Galeria Arte Y Naturaleza, Madrid, bet., 1999 dat. und mit den Angaben zum Werk sowie zwei weitere gedruckte Etiketten mit den Angaben zum Werk. Verso auf der Rahmenrückwand von fremder Hand bez. «JMS - 633».
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Sicilia arbeitet immer wieder in der Technik der Enkaustik, wobei er Farbpigmente mit Wachs vermischt, erhitzt und heiß auf den Malgrund aufträgt. Durch diesen Prozess entstehen weiche, verschwommene Farbübergänge. Oftmals legt er ein Papier unter die Wachsschicht, welches die charakteristischen Fenster entstehen lässt.
Echtheitsbestätigung: Wir danken Herrn Philippe Manzone, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, für die direkte Rücksprache mit dem Künstler und die Bestätigung der Echtheit via
Provenienz: Galeria Soledad Lorenzo, Madrid; Galeria Arte Y Naturaleza, Madrid; seitdem Privatsammlung Spanien.