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. | 1103 (Autumn Auctions Zöllter, Klaus Born 1930 Berlin. Semi-nude with hat. Oil on canvas. Monogrammed lower right. Verso signed, inscribed «Köln» and ... | starting price: 2000,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1120 (Autumn Auctions Alechinsky, Pierre Born 1927 Brüssel. Glass. Aquatint in colours. Inscribed «e/a» lower left and signed lower right in pencil. ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1131 (Autumn Auctions Appel, Karel 1921 Amsterdam - 2006 Zürich. «Walking with my Bird». 1979. Lithograph. Numbered 44/160 lower left and signed lower ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1152 (Autumn Auctions Beuys, Joseph 1921 Kleve - 1985 Düsseldorf. «Free International University». Serigraph on foil. Signed in the middle in felt-tip ... | starting price: 150,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1153 (Autumn Auctions Beuys, Joseph 1921 Kleve - 1985 Düsseldorf. «Ich mach doch lieber mit dem Küchentheater die Revolution als mit...(I'd rather ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1154 (Autumn Auctions Beuys, Joseph 1921 Kleve - 1985 Düsseldorf. «documenta 7». Offset illustration and serigraph writing on paper. Signed lower right ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1155 (Autumn Auctions Beuys, Joseph 1921 Kleve - 1985 Düsseldorf. «Volksentscheid (Proposition)». Offset lithograph. Multiple inscription. Signed ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1164 (Autumn Auctions Borofsky, Jonathan Born 1942 Boston. Two figures. Serigraph and lithograph. Numbered 13/35 lower left and signed lower right in ... | starting price: 1500,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1189 (Autumn Auctions Corneille, Guillaume 1922 Lüttich - 2010 Auvers-sur-Oise. Hommage to Munch. Lithograph. Inscribed «EA» lower left and signed and dated ... | |||
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. | 1256 (Autumn Auctions Koning, A. Dutch painter second half 20th C. Taurus - Hommage to Picasso. Oil on ceramic-foam plate. Signed lower right. Verso ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1376 (Autumn Auctions Warhol, Andy 1927 Pittsburgh - 1987 New York. Campbell's tomato soup. Felt-tip pen on paper. Dedication upper and lower middle, ... | starting price: 2500,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1398 (Autumn Auctions Konvolut Künstlerbücher und Zeitschriften Collection of artbooks and magazines. Nine pieces. Comprising «Piero Manzoni 1933 - 1963», Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven ... | |||
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2242 (Autumn Auctions Hochbedeutender Louis-XVI-Sessel Important Louis XVI armchair. Georges Jacob attr., Paris circa 1780. Wood, carved and gilt. Good restored condition. ... | starting price: 1200,- EUR | |||
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2257 (Autumn Auctions Qualitätvolle Louis-XVI-Kommode High quality Louis XVI chest of drawers. France, Paris circa 1780. Walnut, plum- and precious woods, veneered, and ... | ||||
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2624 (Autumn Auctions Büste eines Tutsi-Kriegers Bust of a Tutsi warrior. Rwanda. Carved ebony. Provenance: private collection Hesse. DDDDRuanda. Ebenholz, ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
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2697 (Autumn Auctions Mondsichelmadonna Madonna on crescent moon. Circle of Dominikus Hermenegild Herberger mid 18th C. Carved wood, gesso and polychrome ... | ||||
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2710 (Autumn Auctions Jagdhund Hound. Steiff circa 1948 - 1950. Mohair, wool and metal. Original button in ear. Voice box defective, age-related ... | starting price: 400,- EUR | |||
2711 (Autumn Auctions Schaufensterpuppe Mannequin. Siegel, Paris circa 1925. Wood, papier-maché, wax, glass, fabric and real hair. Manufacturer's mark. ... | starting price: 2500,- EUR | |||
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2750 (Autumn Auctions Volt, R. Miniature painter 19th C. Louis VIII of Hesse-Darmstadt. Tempera on ivory. Signed lower right. DDDDMiniaturmaler ... | ||||
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