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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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Herbstauktionen 23.–24.09.2016
Thoma, Hans
1839 Bernau - 1924 Karlsruhe.
«Am Rhein bei Säckingen (the Rhine near Säckingen)». Oil on canvas. Monogrammed lower left and dated (18)81. Verso inscribed «Rheinufer», as well as illegibly inscribed and stamped on the stretcher. Restored.
Enclosed a letter from Dr. Werner Zimmermann, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, dated 1984, with a short description of the work and an evaluation of the painting's insurance value, as well as correspondence regarding the exhibition in Bad Säckingen.
In a handwritten letter, dated April 1906, Hans Thoma refers to the present painting while replying to a request regarding the reproduction rights of several of his artworks. This letter, relating directly to the city view shown here, will be called up for auction as lot 3345.
Verbal authentication: We would like to thank Dr. Rudolf Theilmann, Karlsruhe, expert for Hans Thoma, for the verbal authentication, based on photos, 22.04.2016.
Provenance: private collection Bad Säckingen.
Exhibition: opening exhibition, Bad Säckingen, Kulturhaus Villa Berberich, 1984.
Literature: Henry Thode (Ed.), Klassiker der Kunst, 
1839 Bernau - 1924 Karlsruhe.
«Am Rhein bei Säckingen». Öl auf Leinwand. U.l. monogr. und (18)81 dat. Verso bez. «Rheinufer» sowie auf dem Keilrahmen unleserlich bez. und gestempelt. Altrest.
H. 34,5,
Anbei ein Schreiben von Dr. Werner Zimmermann, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, aus dem Jahr 1984 mit einer kurzen Beschreibung und einer Einschätzung des Versicherungswertes des Werkes sowie Korrespondenz zur Ausstellung in Bad Säckingen.
Hans Thoma erwähnt das hier vorliegende Gemälde in einem handschriftlichen Schreiben vom April 1906, eine Anfrage nach den Reproduktionsrechten verschiedener Werke beantwortend: «Sehr geehrter Herr! Gerne gestatte ich Ihnen die Aufnahme der gewünschten Bilder für Ihre Arbeit. - vom Flötenbläser in Frühlingslandschaft sind die Reproduktionsrechte noch nicht vergeben - hingegen hat vom Rhein bei Säckingen das Werbungsrecht die Firma Bruckmann in München und wäre dort Anfragen nötig. - Hochachtungsvoll ergebenst Hans Thoma». Dieser, in direktem Bezug zu der hier gezeigten Stadtansicht stehende Brief kommt unter der Kat.Nr. 3345 zum Aufruf.
Mündliche Echtheitsbestätigung: Wir danken Herrn Dr. Rudolf Theilmann, Karlsruhe, Experte für Hans Thoma, für die mündliche Bestätigung der Echtheit, anhand von Photos, 22.04.2016.
Provenienz: Privatsammlung Bad Säckingen.
Ausstellung: Eröffnungsausstellung, Bad Säckingen, Kulturhaus Villa Berberich, 1984.
Literatur: Henry Thode (Hrsg.), Klassiker der Kunst,