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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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Winterauktionen 20.–21.11.2020
Eckle, Michael
Born 1951 Albstadt, lives and works in Gauting.
«blu - molto adagio».
Triptych. Pigments and acrylic on primed canvas. Left part verso sign., dated «8/1990», titled, inscribed «Hommage à Gustav Mahler» and «linker Teil (left part)», as well as two directional arrows. Middle part verso signed, dated «8/1990» und «4/1996», titled as well as inscribed «Mittelteil (middle part)», three directional arrows and «Mittelteil im April 1996 neu erstellt, da das erste nicht mehr auffindbar ist. Klaus Hug am
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In his mostly large-format works, Michael Eckle devotes himself exclusively to the colour ultramarine. Eckle calls himself «obsessed» with the pigment ultramarine. «It came from across the sea, from oltre mare», he explains in an interview. This is where not only the name of the colour comes from but also the titles of many of his works. «It is the only colour that is present in space with intensity and at the same time give deep space.» from: Stephanie Schwaderer, Im Jenseits der Farben, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 30.09.2016.
Authentication: We would like to thank the artist for the authentication via
Provenance: purchased directly from the artist, in 1990/96; since then private collection Klaus Hug,
Literature: Oltremare Königswiesen (Ed.), Ultramarinblau, Königswiesen 1998. 
Eckle, Michael
Geb. 1951 Albstadt, lebt und arbeitet in Gauting.
«blu - molto adagio».
Triptychon. Pigmente und Acryl auf grundierter Leinwand. Linkes Seitenteil verso sign., «8/1990» dat., bet., bez. «Hommage à Gustav Mahler» und «linker Teil» sowie zwei Richtungspfeile. Mittelteil verso sign., «8/1990» und «4/1996» dat., bet. sowie bez. «Mittelteil», drei Richtungspfeile und «Mittelteil im April 1996 neu erstellt, da das erste nicht mehr auffindbar ist. Klaus Hug am
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In seinen zumeist großformatigen Arbeiten widmet sich Michael Eckle ausschließlich der Farbe Ultramarin. Eckle selbst nennt sich «besessen» von dem Pigment Ultramarin. «Es kam von jenseits der See, von oltre mare», erklärt er in einem Interview. Daher stammt nicht nur der Name der Farbe, sondern auch die Titel zahlreicher seiner Werke. «Es ist die einzige Farbe, die mit Intensität in den Raum gehen und zugleich tiefen Raum geben kann.» aus: Stephanie Schwaderer, Im Jenseits der Farben, Süddeutsche Zeitung, 30.09.2016.
Echtheitsbestätigung: Wir danken dem Künstler für die Bestätigung der Echtheit via
Provenienz: erworben 1990/96 direkt beim Künstler; seitdem Privatsammlung Klaus Hug,
Literatur: Oltremare Königswiesen (Hrsg.), Michael Eckle, Ultramarinblau, Königswiesen 1998.