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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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Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018 Modern and Contemporary Art
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2017 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018)
Dix, Otto
1891 Untermhaus - 1969 Singen.
«Masken I (masks I)» (Clown and Grim Reaper). 1948. Lithograph in colours on wove ...
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Winter Auctions 08.–09.12.2017 Modern and Contemporary Art
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3011 (Winter Auctions 08.–09.12.2017)
Dix, Otto
1891 Untermhaus - 1969 Singen.
«Stilleben mit Pilzen (still life with mushrooms)» additional title «mushroom still ...
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Spring Auctions 27.–28.06.2014 Modern and Contemporary Art
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2018 (Spring Auctions 27.–28.06.2014)
Dix, Otto
1891 Untermhaus - 1969 Singen.
«Französin (Plakatentwurf) (Frenchwoman (poster design))». 1958. India ink brush ...
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2019 (Spring Auctions 27.–28.06.2014)
Dix, Otto
1891 Untermhaus - 1969 Singen.
«Halbakt von vorn (semi-nude from the front)». Lithograph on BFK Rives wove paper ...
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Autumn Auctions 04.–05.10.2013 Modern and Contemporary Art
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2013 (Autumn Auctions 04.–05.10.2013)
Dix, Otto
1891 Untermhaus - 1969 Singen.
Portrait of Max Frisch. Lithograph on laid paper. Signed lower left by Max Frisch ...
hammer price: 900,- EUR
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2014 (Autumn Auctions 04.–05.10.2013)
Dix, Otto
1891 Untermhaus - 1969 Singen.
«Nelly II». Etching on laid paper. Numbered 64/70 and titled lower left and signed ...
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Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012 Modern and Contemporary Art
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2024 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012)
Dix, Otto
1891 Untermhaus - 1969 Singen.
Saul and David. Lithograph in colours. Numbered lower left 35/76, titled lower ...
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Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012 Books and Atlases
3072 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012)
Auktionskatalog Fischer
Catalogue of auction 60 of gallery Fischer, Lucerne, 30. June 1939. «Gemälde und Plastiken Moderner Meister aus ...
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Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012 Modern and Contemporary Art
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2017 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012)
Dix, Otto
1891 Untermhaus - 1969 Singen.
E «Charlotte Testrop». Charcoal on vellum. Monogrammed and dated (19)49 lower right. ...
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Autumn Auctions 08.–10.12.2011 Modern and Contemporary Art
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1029 (Autumn Auctions 08.–10.12.2011)
Dix, Otto
1891 Untermhaus - 1969 Singen.
«Lachendes Mädchen (laughing girl)». Lithograph on laid paper. Numbered 26/60 lower ...
starting price: 3500,- EUR
Spring Auctions 02.–04.06.2011 Modern and Contemporary Art
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1757 (Spring Auctions 02.–04.06.2011)
Dix, Otto
1891 Untermhaus - 1969 Singen.
E ´Rothaariges M”dchen 3 (girl with ginger hair 3)ª. Lithograph in colours. Numbered ...
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Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Modern and Contemporary Art
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1689 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009)
Dix, Otto
1891 Untermhaus b. Gera - 1969 Singen.
Aquarell und Bleistift/Papier. «Blick vom Bodensee auf die Alpen». Vor den ...
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Spring Sale 10.–12.05.2007 Modern Prints
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2293 (Spring Sale 10.–12.05.2007)
Dix, Otto
1891 Untermhaus b. Gera - 1969 Singen.
Lithographie. Drei Schwäne. Am Ufer eines Gewässers unter sich ihnen ...
hammer price: 1000,- EUR
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Autumn Sale 26.–28.10.2006 Modern Prints
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2734 (Autumn Sale 26.–28.10.2006)
Dix, Otto
1891 Untermhaus b. Gera - 1969 Singen.
Lithographie. Im Dunkeln stehende Person in hellem Gewand, flankiert von ...
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Spring Sale 11.–13.05.2006 Modern Prints
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2343 (Spring Sale 11.–13.05.2006)
Dix, Otto
1891 Untermhaus b. Gera - 1969 Singen.
Lithographie. Im Dunkeln sitzender älterer Mann, ein Schild mit der ...
hammer price: 3000,- EUR
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Autumn Sale 22.–24.09.2005 Modern Painting
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2157 (Autumn Sale 22.–24.09.2005)
Dix, Otto
1891 Untermhaus b. Gera - 1969 Singen.
Pastell. Blühende Obstwiese, von Bergkette hinterfangen. U.l. monogr. und ...
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