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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Image under artist's copyright. | 2577 (Autumn Sale Lichtenberger, Hans Reinhold 1876 Berlin - 1957 München. Aquarell. Skizzenhafte Interieurszene in Restaurant. Mit Bleistift u. Mitte sign. Verso ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 0123 (Spring Sale Kolbe, Georg 1877 Waldheim - 1947 Berlin. Bronze, dunkel patiniert. «Jugend». Auf rechteckiger gerundeter Plinthe, stehende ... | starting price: 27000,- EUR | ||
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2083 (Spring Sale Freudenberger, Hedwig Baden-Badener Malerin 1. Hälfte Öl/Hartfaser. Kniestück eines sitzenden alten Mannes mit ... | ||||
2234 (Spring Sale Weinberger, Anton 1843 München - 1912 Wiesbaden. Öl/Malkarton. Paar Tiergemälde. Äsende Hirschkuh. Aufhorchende Hirschkuh mit ihrem ... | ||||
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2449 (Spring Sale Konvolut Bibelblätter Wohl Adolf Rusch, Straßburg 1481, für Anton Kohlberger, Nürnberg. Über 50 Bll. Aus verschiedenen Büchern, darunter die ... | ||||
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1909 (Winter Sale Bamberger, Fritz 1814 Würzburg - 1873 Neuenhain. Tuschzeichnung. «Aufzug im Pfarrergewand zum 14. August 1837». Studentenulk, unten ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | |||
1917 (Winter Sale Berger, Emil 1890 Waldenburg - 1979 (?). Kohlezeichnung. «Letzte Salmenwaage bei Laufenburg». U.r. sign. Verso bet. H. 38,5, ... | ||||
2071 (Winter Sale Kronburger, J. Genremaler 19./ Öl/Holz. Postkutschenhalt in Gebirgsdorf. U.r. sign. H. 11,5, | starting price: 80,- EUR | |||
2185 (Winter Sale Schönberger, K.H. Deutscher Porträtist Öl/Lw. Brustbild eines Pfeife rauchenden bärtigen Seemanns. U.r. sign. H. ... | starting price: 10,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2271 (Winter Sale Berger, Hans 1882 Bienne - 1977 Aire-la-Ville. Öl/Holz. «Mädchen im Korbstuhl». Brustbildnis eines Mädchens mit schulterlangem ... | starting price: 250,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2291 (Winter Sale Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Kronstadt - 1976 Wehr am Rhein. Aquarell und Kohlezeichnung. Blick auf einen von kahlen jungen Buchen ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2292 (Winter Sale Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Kronstadt - 1976 Wehr am Rhein. Öl/Lw. Interieurszene mit Ganzfigurenporträt einer sitzenden jungen Frau in ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2327 (Winter Sale Schnarrenberger, Wilhelm 1892 Buchen - 1966 Karlsruhe. Öl/Lw. Szene im Park. Lichtdurchflutete südliche Parkanlage, unter Mimosenbäumen ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2328 (Winter Sale Schnarrenberger, Wilhelm 1892 Buchen - 1966 Karlsruhe. Öl/Lw. Terrasse in Rom. Blick auf sandige Parkterrasse mit figurenschmückter ... | starting price: 7000,- EUR | ||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2506 (Winter Sale Schnarrenberger, Wilhelm 1892 Buchen - 1966 Karlsruhe. Lithographie. «Jagd auf Dicke». Szene mit über die Straße jagender Menschenhorde. U. ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2507 (Winter Sale Schnarrenberger, Wilhelm 1892 Buchen - 1966 Karlsruhe. Lithographie. «Exotische Landschaft». Besucher im botanischen Garten. Im Stein o.r. ... | |||
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1730 (Autumn Sale Berger, Emil 1890 Waldenburg - 1979 (?). Kohlezeichnung. «Letzte Salmenwaage bei Laufenburg». U.r. sign. Verso bet. H. 38,5, ... | starting price: 150,- EUR | |||
1903 (Autumn Sale Kronberger, Carl 1841 Freistadt/Oberösterreich - 1921 München. Öl/Holz. «Evening of Life». Brustbildnis einer alten Frau mit ... | starting price: 3500,- EUR | |||
1913 (Autumn Sale Landenberger, Prof. Christian Adam 1862 Ebingen - 1927 Stuttgart. Öl/Lw./Karton. «Partie bei Sigmaringen». Landschaft mit zwei Männern und einer Frau ... | starting price: 3900,- EUR | |||
2073 (Autumn Sale Stückelberger, Wilhelm attr. 1867 Basel - 1926 ebd. Kohle- und Kreidezeichnung. Studie eines am Boden liegenden Mannes mit nach vorne ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2136 (Autumn Sale Berger, Hans 1882 Bienne - 1977 Aire-la-Ville. Öl/Holz. «Mädchen im Korbstuhl». Brustbildnis eines Mädchens mit schulterlangem ... | starting price: 500,- EUR | ||
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2198 (Spring Sale Ritzberger, Albert 1853 Pfaffstädt - 1915 ebd. Öl/Malkarton. Sonntagsspaziergang. Mutter mit Sonnenschirm und ihren zwei Kindern vor ... | ||||
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2375 (Spring Sale Illenberger, Gustl Geb. 1898. Radierung. "An (?) Fellbach". Blick entlang einer Straße in Fellbach, gesäumt von zahlreichen ... | ||||
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0642 (Winter Sale Weichberger, Heide 1922 (?) - 1980 (?). Roter Scherben, glasiert und bemalt. Auf Natursockel, begrünter Hügel mit verschiedenen ... | starting price: 50,- EUR | |||
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2468 (Winter Sale Harburger, Edmund 1846 Eichstätt - 1906 München. Aquarellierte und gouachierte Kohlezeichnung. Beleibter Jäger mit Flinte, Pfeife und ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
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2281 (Autumn Sale Burger, Josef Geb. 1887 München. Öl/Lw. Blick über ebene Flusslandschaft, hinterfangen von Gebirgskette, darüber bewölktes ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | |||
2368 (Autumn Sale Guggenberger, Theodor Thomas 1866 München - 1920 ebd. Öl/Lw. Dorfstraße in Partenkirchen, im Hintergrund Gebirgskette. U.r. sign. Altrest. ... | starting price: 1290,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2729 (Autumn Sale Berger, Th. Moderner Maler 2. Hälfte Öl/Lw. "Erstickter Hai". U.r. sign. und 5-(19)74 dat. Verso sign. und ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2742 (Autumn Sale Honigberger, Ernst 1885 Kronstadt - 1976 Wehr am Rhein. Öl/Lw. "Frau und Blumen". Hinter einer kugeligen Glasvase mit Tulpen, ... | |||
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2772 (Autumn Sale Aliamet, Jacques 1726 Abbeville - 1788 (?). Kupferstich. "Halte Espagnole". In karger, hügeliger Landschaft unter und neben einem ... | starting price: 50,- EUR |
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