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 Sale | ||||
1951 (Winter Sale Dieghem, A. van Niederländischer Tiermaler Öl/Holz. Ruhende Schafe auf der Weide. Vor einem Baumstumpf ... | ||||
2022 (Winter Sale Hunt, Edgar 1876 (?) - 1953 (?). Öl/Lw., doubl. Stallinterieur. Vor grobem Holztisch mit Tonflasche, Weidenkorb und ... | starting price: 15000,- EUR | |||
2092 (Winter Sale Landseer, Edwin Henry 1802 London - 1873 ebd. Öl/Lw., doubl. Die Jagdbeute. Ein Jäger, mit Hilfe von zwei Kindern dem Abt seine Jagdbeute ... | starting price: 8800,- EUR | |||
2131 (Winter Sale Müller, M. jun. Münchner Tiermaler 19./ Öl/Lw., doubl. Röhrender Hirsch an einem Weiher vor herbstlicher ... | starting price: 1200,- EUR | |||
2195 (Winter Sale Staut, Piet 1876 Beveren-Waes - 1933 ebd. Öl/Hartfaser. Durch bewaldete Landschaft ziehender Schäfer mit seiner Herde. U.l. ... | starting price: 150,- EUR | |||
2210 (Winter Sale Tiermaler Pastell. Stallinterieur mit angebundenem Schimmel neben Wassertrog. U.r. undeutlich sign. H. ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | |||
2211 (Winter Sale Tiermaler Gouache/Stoff. Erpel, am seichten Seeufer ins Wasser steigend. Unsign. H. 27,3, | starting price: 50,- EUR | |||
2212 (Winter Sale Tiermaler Aquarell. Hirte mit Kuh, einer Ziege und einem Schaf. Unsign. Fleckig und gebräunt. H. 27, ... | starting price: 80,- EUR | |||
2213 (Winter Sale Tiermaler Öl/Lw. Zwei Kühe, in einem von Bäumen umgebenen Weiher stehend. Unsign. Leichte ... | ||||
2229 (Winter Sale Vittori, Carlo 1881 Cremona - 1943 ebd. Öl/Holz. Alte Frau, auf einem von zwei Pferden gezogenen Leiterwagen sitzend, durch ein ... | ||||
Autumn Sale | ||||
1701 (Autumn Sale Allroggen, Joh. Peter Tiermaler Öl/Holz. Allerlei Federvieh, darunter Hühner und ein Truthahn, vor einem Gehöft. ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
2080 (Autumn Sale Tiermaler 19./ Öl/Holz. Im Oval vier Enten am Ufer eines Sees. Unsign. Farbabsplitterungen. Kl. Risse. H. ... | ||||
2081 (Autumn Sale Tiermaler Öl/Lw. Zwei Kühe, in einem von Bäumen umgebenen Weiher stehend. Unsign. Leichte ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
2082 (Autumn Sale Tiermaler Öl/Holz. Am Ufer eines Sees weidende kleine Schafherde. Im Vordergrund ein pickendes Huhn. ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
2083 (Autumn Sale Tiermaler Öl/Lw. Am Ufer eines Weihers stehende Gruppe von elf Enten. U.l. monogr. «HAL». Kl. Löcher. ... | ||||
2087 (Autumn Sale Tullach (?), Maurice Tiermaler 19./ Öl/Lw./Holz. Ganzfigurenbildnis eines schwarzen Hengstes, im Profil nach rechts, ... | starting price: 1000,- EUR | |||
Spring Sale | ||||
2128 (Spring Sale Martinez, F.E. Tiermaler 19./ Öl/Lw. Zwei aufmerksam blickende Jagdhunde am Ufer eines Wasserlaufs. U.l. sign. ... | ||||
2134 (Spring Sale Michler, Max Tiermaler Öl/Holz. Zwei Seeadler mit Beute in felsiger Küstenlandschaft. U.l. sign. Verso bet. ... | ||||
2217 (Spring Sale Schlieden, M. Tiermaler 19./ Öl/Malkarton. Huhn mit Küken und Entenpaar vor dem Stall. U.r. sign. H. 13,5, ... | starting price: 180,- EUR | |||
2259 (Spring Sale Szekerat (?) Tiermaler Öl/Lw. Zwei weiße Katzen auf blühender Wiese, eine sitzend, die andere liegend. U.r. ... | starting price: 900,- EUR | |||
2264 (Spring Sale Tiermaler 18./ Öl/Malkarton. Zwei im Gras liegende Schafböcke. Unsign. Kl. Farbabsplitterungen. ... | starting price: 90,- EUR | |||
2265 (Spring Sale Tiermaler 19./ Öl/Holz. Zwei junge Hunde und ein Kätzchen auf roter Decke. Unsign. H. 12,5, B.17,5 cm. | ||||
Autumn Sale | ||||
2261 (Autumn Sale Bierle, Rudolf Tiermaler Öl/Lw. Zwei junge Ochsen auf der Weide. U.l. sign. | ||||
2284 (Autumn Sale Cervone, E. Tiermaler Öl/Holz. "Hühner mit Korb". Neben einem umgefallenen Korb zwei Küken, ein pickendes ... | ||||
2421 (Autumn Sale Huber, Ed. Münchner Tiermaler Anfang Öl/Lw. Am Ufer eines Teichs allerlei Federvieh, darunter Pfau, ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
2678 (Autumn Sale Tiermaler Aquarell. Hahn und Henne. Unsign. | ||||
2679 (Autumn Sale Tiermaler 19./ Rötelzeichnung mit Weißhöhungen. Stolzer Hahn im Profil nach links. Unsign. | ||||
2680 (Autumn Sale Tiermaler 19./ Öl/Holz. Enten am Ufer eines Sees, im Hintergrund leuchtendes Rapsfeld und Bäume. U.r. ... | starting price: 270,- EUR | |||
2709 (Autumn Sale Wening, J.B. Tiermaler 18./ Öl/Holz. Geflügelbild mit Truthahnpaar, Enten, Pfau, Hühnern und Hähnen, ... | starting price: 1800,- EUR | |||
2710 (Autumn Sale Wening, J.B. Tiermaler 18./ Öl/Holz. Geflügelbild mit Entenfamilie, Pfau, Hühnern und Hähnen sowie von links ... | starting price: 1800,- EUR |
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