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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Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2196 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. Collection of offset placards. Three pieces. In the print partially titled, dated and ... | |||
Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2222 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. E «Der Drucker Fritz Lindau (the printer Fritz Lindau)». Lithograph, mounted on cardboard. ... | starting price: 250,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2223 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. E Portrait of a girl. Pencil and coloured pencil on paper. Dedication «Für Klaus-Herbert ... | |||
Autumn Auctions | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1245 (Autumn Auctions Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. «Annettchen». Etching. In the plate inscribed «Annettchen, am 26.01.(19)86» and dated ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1246 (Autumn Auctions Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. «Zwei von oben zu Sabine (two in aerial view for Sabine)». Pencil and coloured pencil on ... | |||
Spring Auctions | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2007 (Spring Auctions Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. E ´Selbstportr”t Wuschel (self portrait curly head)ª. Etching. In the plate monogrammed ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2008 (Spring Auctions Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. E ´Selbstportr”t elegisch (self portrait elegiac)ª. Etching. In the plate dated ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2009 (Spring Auctions Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. E ´Marcel Proustª. Lithograph. On the stone upper right numbered 84, lower middle titled ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2010 (Spring Auctions Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. E Self portrait. Etching. In the plate dated 06.02.(19)80, inscribed and beyond the plate ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2011 (Spring Auctions Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. E Self portrait with hat. Etching. In the plate inscribed lower middle and beyond the ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2012 (Spring Auctions Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. E ´Konventioneller Fall (a conventional case)ª. Etching. In the plate titled and dated ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2013 (Spring Auctions Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. E Poster ´Janssen bei Helga Thieme Antic-Haus M¸nchenª. Offset. In the print titled, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2014 (Spring Auctions Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. E Poster Alfred Mahlau in the Kunsthaus L¸beck. Offset. In the print inscribed, dated ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2015 (Spring Auctions Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. E Poster Kunsthaus L¸beck. Offset. Verso printed writing. In the print inscribed, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2016 (Spring Auctions Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. E ´Gl¸ckszeichen (good luck sign)ª. Etching. In the plate inscribed, titled, dated ... | |||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1712 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. Bleistiftzeichnung. Selbstporträt. Mit Bleistift u.r. Widmung und monogr. Verso ... | |||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Modern Prints | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1884 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. Radierung. «F vor Holm». Baumgruppe in Landschaft. In der Platte u.l. bet. Mit Bleistift ... | |||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Modern Prints | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1925 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. Radierung. Vegetabile Vanitas-Darstellung. In der Platte u. Mitte 11.3.(19)76 dat. Mit ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1926 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. Offsetdruck. «Die Anstrengung besteht darin, die Hälften zusammenzukleben». Stillleben mit ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1927 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. Offsetdruck. Stillleben mit blühenden Magnolienzweigen. Mit Bleistift u.r. monogr. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1984 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Konvolut Graphiken der Karlsruher Kunstakademie 2. Hälfte | |||
Autumn Auction | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2320 (Autumn Auction Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. Radierung. Frontalansicht eines Frauenschuhs. In der Platte o.l. bez. «Langenhorn», 19(82) ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2321 (Autumn Auction Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. Radierung. Geöffnete Auster und Fisch, im unteren Teil Fischerdorf an der Küste. In der ... | |||
Spring Sale | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2318 (Spring Sale Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. Aquatintaradierung. Auf umranktem steinernem Janssen-Monogramm verschiedene Tiere, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2319 (Spring Sale Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. Radierung. Ergo-Texte. Fragmentarisches, sich auflösendes Selbstporträt. Mit Bleistift ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2745 (Autumn Sale Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. Radierung. Morbide Szenerie mit auf Mauerwällen liegenden Skeletten. In der Platte u.l. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2746 (Autumn Sale Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. Aquatintaradierung. Auf umranktem steinernem Janssen-Monogramm verschiedene Tiere, ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2747 (Autumn Sale Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. Aquatintaradierung. «Mein Land». Abstrakte Darstellung mit Schädelfragmenten und Dornen. ... | |||
Winter Sale | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2486 (Winter Sale Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. Radierung. «Erich Mühsam». Im Tondo Brustbildnis des politischen Dichters nach einer ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2487 (Winter Sale Janssen, Horst 1929 Hamburg - 1995 ebd. Radierung. Selbstbildnis aus der Reihe «Hannos Tod». U.l. 12/120 num. und r. monogr. sowie ... |
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