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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1932 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. Schwarzwälder Bauernhäuser an einem sonnigen Wintertag. U.l. sign. ... | ||||
1933 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. Verschneiter Schwarzwaldhof. In abendlicher Stimmung Blick auf ein ... | ||||
1934 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. Herbstlicher Schwarzwald. Panorama von Schwarzwaldbergen mit Gehöft und ... | ||||
1935 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. «Herbsttag im Schwarzwald». Einem Bachlauf folgend Blick in ein Hochtal ... | ||||
1936 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Hartfaser. «Frühling bei Schonach». Von einem Feldweg aus Blick über ein ... | ||||
1937 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. Frühlingslandschaft im Schwarzwald. Von einer Anhöhe einem Bachlauf ... | ||||
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1537 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. Idyllische Schweizer Gebirgslandschaft mit Flusslauf am Fuße des ... | ||||
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1833 (Autumn Auction Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. In frühlingshafter Schwarzwaldlandschaft von blühenden Bäumen ... | ||||
1834 (Autumn Auction Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. «Winterabend in Ellersbach». Idyllische schneebedeckte ... | ||||
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1902 (Spring Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Karton. Frühlingslandschaft im Schwarzwald mit kleinem Bachlauf und zwei von ... | ||||
1903 (Spring Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. Idyllische sommerliche Schwarzwaldlandschaft mit kleinem Bachlauf sowie ... | ||||
1904 (Spring Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. In frühlingshafter Schwarzwaldlandschaft von blühenden Bäumen ... | starting price: 3500,- EUR | |||
1905 (Spring Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Hartfaser. Winterlandschaft. Verschneite Schwarzwaldlandschaft in ... | ||||
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2294 (Autumn Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. «Herbstgewitter im Schwarzwald». Schwarzwaldhaus in herbstlicher ... | ||||
2295 (Autumn Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. Zwei Schwarzwaldhäuser in idyllischer schneebedeckter Winterlandschaft. ... | ||||
2296 (Autumn Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Holz. Idyllische Winterlandschaft mit Schwarzwaldhäusern und schneebedeckten ... | ||||
2297 (Autumn Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. «Strahlende Wintersonne im Schwarzwald». Idyllische Winterlandschaft mit ... | ||||
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2105 (Spring Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. Winterlandschaft in Abendstimmung mit zwei verschneiten ... | starting price: 6000,- EUR | |||
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2000 (Winter Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. «Trüber Wintertag i. Eltersbachtal». Schwarzwaldhof mit Schuppen und ... | starting price: 5000,- EUR | |||
2001 (Winter Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. Schneebedeckte Tannen bei Abendlicht in winterlicher ... | ||||
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1842 (Autumn Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. Tief verschneite Schwarzwaldlandschaft mit Bauernhaus und Bachlauf in ... | ||||
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2007 (Spring Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Hartfaser. "Nasser Schnee im Sulzbachtal". Blick über Wasserlauf und Zaun ... | ||||
2008 (Spring Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Hartfaser. "Herbst in der Rheinebene". Blick über die Rheinebene, am ... | ||||
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2471 (Winter Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. Oberitalienisches Stadttor an einem Sommertag mit Figurenstaffage, ... | ||||
2472 (Winter Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. "Winterwald am Feldberg". U.l. sign. und (19)39 dat. Verso auf ... | ||||
2473 (Winter Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Lw. Zwei Schwarzwaldhöfe mit tief heruntergezogenen Walmdächern in tief ... | ||||
2474 (Winter Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Holz. "Neuschnee b. St. Märgen. Trüber Abend am Turner - Schwarzwald". ... | ||||
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2386 (Autumn Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Hartfaser. Blick aus einem verschatteten Vordergrund entlang eines sich am ... | ||||
2387 (Autumn Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Malkarton. "Feldberg i.Sch.". Blick hindurch zwischen Tannen auf den ... | starting price: 3000,- EUR | |||
2388 (Autumn Sale Hauptmann, Karl 1880 Freiburg i.Br. - 1947 Todtnau. Öl/Holz. "Rankmühle". Blick auf die verschneite Rankmühle bei St. Märgen. U.r. ... |
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