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 20.–21.11.2020 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2077 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Mitoraj, Igor 1944 Oederan - 2014 Paris. «Per Adriano». Light brown patinated bronze, on travertine base. Signed lower right ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2082 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) «Netter Art Collection»E DDDD«Netter Art Collection» The Ciba Collection of Medical Illustrations. Neun Farbatlanten der Medizin ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2083 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Halley, Peter Born 1953 New York, lives and works in New York. «Entwurf | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2084 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Francis, Mark Born 1962 Newtownards, lives and works in London. «Entwurf | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2085 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Trockel, Rosemarie Born 1952 Schwerte, lives and works in Cologne. «Cover» for the «Netter Art Collection». 2000. Serigraph in ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2086 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Mullican, Matt Born 1951 Santa Monica, lives and works in New York. «Entwurf | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2087 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Willats, Stephen Born 1943 London, lives and works in London. «Proposal for a medical dictionary, Entwurf | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2088 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Weiner, Lawrence Born 1940 New York, lives and works in Amsterdam and New York. «Entwurf | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2089 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Locher, Thomas Born 1956 Munderkingen, lives and works in Berlin. «Acht Unendliche Urteile, Entwurf | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2090 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Grünfeld, Thomas Born 1956 Leverkusen, lives and works in Cologne. «2. Mendelsche Regel (Intermediäre Vererbung), Entwurf | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2091 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Dion, Mark Born 1961 New Bedford, lives and works in New York. «Entwurf | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2097 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Rizzi, James 1950 New York - 2011 ibid. «FIX MY TEETH PLEASE». 3D-construction from serigraph in colours on light cardboard ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2120 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Wunderlich, Paul 1927 Eberswalde - 2010 Saint-Pierre-de-Vassols. «Minotaurus». 1977. Two pieces. Brown patinated bronze, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2125 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Baum, Carl 1892 Frankfurt a.M. - 1966 Girl with field flowers. Oil on panel. Signed upper left ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2141 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Meidner, Ludwig 1884 Bierutów - 1966 Darmstadt. House by the water. Probably | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2142 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Meidner, Ludwig 1884 Bierutów - 1966 Darmstadt. Willows at the field. Probably | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2143 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Meidner, Ludwig 1884 Bierutów - 1966 Darmstadt. House with willows. Probably | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2144 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Meidner, Ludwig 1884 Bierutów - 1966 Darmstadt. Chimney in front of trees. Probably | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2149 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Muter (Mutermilch), Mela (Maria Melania) 1876 Warsaw - 1967 Paris. Recto. «Buchtlandschaft (bay landscape)». View of Villeneuve-lès-Avignon. 1940s. Oil ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2152 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Wotruba, Fritz 1907 Vienna - 1975 ibid. «Kleine sitzende Figur (little sitting figure)». 1952/53. Dark patinated bronze. Signed ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2157 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Beuys, Joseph 1921 Krefeld - 1986 Düsseldorf. Certificate «Rose für direkte Demokratie (rose for direct democracy)». 1973. ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2158 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Blais, Jean-Charles Born 1956 Nantes, lives and works in Paris and Vence. «Roger R.». Pastel on cream wove paper, mounted on ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2159 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Blais, Jean-Charles Born 1956 Nantes, lives and works in Paris and Vence. «onze fils». Pastel on light, yellowish wove paper, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2167 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Chillida, Eduardo 1924 San Sebastián - 2002 ibid. «Zeihartu I». 1973. Etching on strong BFK Rives wove paper. Signed lower right ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2168 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Chillida, Eduardo 1924 San Sebastián - 2002 ibid. «Zeihartu V». 1973. Etching on strong BFK Rives wove paper. Signed lower left ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2169 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Chillida, Eduardo 1924 San Sebastián - 2002 ibid. «Batz». 1984. Etching on strong BFK Rives wove paper (watermark), mounted on ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2171 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Cognée, Philippe Born 1957 Nantes, lives and works in Nantes. Untitled. Encaustic on canvas, in carved and coloured artist's frame. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2174 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Förg, Günther 1952 Füssen - 2013 «Ohne Titel (untitled)». Green - black with yellow. Mixed media ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2175 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Förg, Günther 1952 Füssen - 2013 «Ohne Titel (untitled)». Black - red. Mixed media with gouache on ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2176 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Förg, Günther 1952 Füssen - 2013 «Ohne Titel (untitled)». Blue - black - orange. Mixed media with ... |
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