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 Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Paintings and Drawings 15th to 18th Century | ||||
3220 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Caulitz, Peter circle of 1650 Berlin - 1719 ibid. Old stone bridge on the river. Oil on panel. Unsigned. Paint loss, cracks. ... | starting price: 900,- EUR | |||
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3266 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Hänger, Max I 1874 Munich - 1941 ibid. Chicken, rooster and turkey. Oil on strong cardboard. Signed lower right and inscribed ... | ||||
3307 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Mali, Christian Friedrich 1832 Broekhuizen - 1906 Munich. Shepherd at the foot of the Alps. Oil on panel. Signed lower left, dated 1893 ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018 Paintings and Drawings 15th to 18th Century | ||||
3389 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Niederländischer Tiermaler Dutch animal painter | ||||
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3505 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Scheuren, (?) German animal painter | ||||
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4318 (Autumn Auctions Tiermaler Animal painter probably Dutch | ||||
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2769 (Autumn Auctions Deutscher Tiermaler German animal painter 17th C. Poultry farm. Oil on canvas, relined. Unsigned. Minor pigment loss. DDDD17. ... | ||||
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2851 (Autumn Auctions Heimerl, Josef Animal painter Austria 19th/20th C. Pair of kittens watching a stag beetle. Oil on canvas. Signed upper right. ... | starting price: 400,- EUR | |||
2853 (Autumn Auctions Hempenius, Alberto Sicco Belgian landscape and animal painter circa 1900. Ruin in green landscape. Oil on panel. Signed lower left. Provenance: ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
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1584 (Spring Auctions Dschenfzig, E. Animal painter circa 1900. Fowls in front of an estate. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left and dated 1901. Verso gallery ... | ||||
1694 (Spring Auctions Rolier, (?) Animal painter circa 1900. Two hounds. Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. Restored. DDDDTiermaler um 1900. Zwei ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Paintings and Drawings 15th to 18th Century | ||||
1694 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Münchner Tiermaler Kuh mit schlafendem Hirten. Öl/Lw., auf Holz aufgezogen. Stehendes Rind auf einer Anhöhe in ... | ||||
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1907 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Monogrammist F.G. Tiermaler Schafe und Ziege. Öl/Lw., doubl. In weiter grüner Landschaft ein Schafbock mit zwei ... | ||||
1952 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Sale, F. Münchner Tiermaler Hühner und Enten am Bach. Öl/Karton. An einem grün bewachsenen Bächlein ... | ||||
1989 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Tiermaler Zwei Rinder. Öl/Hartfaser. Darstellung zweier Rinder mit braunem bzw. ockerfarbenem Fell vor ... | ||||
1990 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Tiermaler 19./ Hühnerhof. Öl/Lw., auf Holz aufgezogen. Sommerliche Szenerie mit im Schatten einer Scheune ... | ||||
Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
2083 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Tiermaler 19./ Öl/Lw. Jagdhund. Vor hügeliger Landschaft ein stolzer Jagdhund. Unsign. Krakelee. | ||||
Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
2064 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Arnould, G. Tiermaler Öl/Holz. Röhrende Hirsche. Auf einer Waldlichtung ein liegender und ein stehender ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
2086 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Boocock, G. Englischer Tiermaler Öl/Lw. Landschaft mit Pferden. Auf einer Wiese mit Bäumen und Tränke zwei ... | starting price: 500,- EUR | |||
2095 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Christen, C. Tiermaler Öl/Lw. Drei Katzen und ein Terrier. In höfischem Interieur ein hellbrauner Terrier ... | starting price: 500,- EUR | |||
2205 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Jutz, Carl d.Ä. 1838 Windschläg - 1916 Pfaffendorf. Öl/Lw. Am Hühnerhof. Vor einem wild überwucherten Gatter verschiedene Hähne und ... | ||||
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0950 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Spätbarock-Hochzeitstruhe Deutsch um 1780. Nadelholz. Auf vier gedrückten Kugelfüßen, rechteckiger Korpus mit sieben Innenfüllungen, originale ... | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
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1302 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Hondecoeter, Gysbert Gillisz. attr. 1604 Utrecht oder Amsterdam - 1653 Utrecht. Öl/Lw., doubl. Geflügelhof. In landschaftlicher Kulisse um einen ... | ||||
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1335 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Berendonk, Max Tiermaler Öl/Lw. Rennpferd. Vor der Kulisse eines Gebirges ein Pferd auf einer Wiese. U.r. ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | |||
1336 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Berendonk, Max Tiermaler Öl/Lw. Rennpferd. Vor der Kulisse eines Gebirges ein Pferd auf einer Wiese. U.r. ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | |||
1389 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Eldin, J. Tiermaler Anfang Öl/Holz. Ländliche Idylle. Im Schatten eines Baumes eine Kuh, eine Ziege und ... | ||||
1390 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Eldin, J. Tiermaler Anfang Öl/Holz. Ländliche Idylle. In südlicher Landschaft vor imposanter Bergkulisse ... | ||||
1606 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Tiermaler Tempera/Papier, auf Karton aufgezogen. Rehe. In lichtem Wald ein Rudel Rehe. U.r. undeutlich ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | |||
1610 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Umbach, (?) Deutscher Tiermaler 2. Hälfte Öl/Holz. Vieh. Vor der Kulisse von Bergen in der Ferne zwischen ... | starting price: 500,- EUR | |||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Sculptures and Bronzes | ||||
1541 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Barye, Antoine-Louis 1795/96 Paris - 1875 ebd. Bronze, patiniert. «Le Cavalier Tartare». Auf Natursockel, stolzer Tartarenkrieger in ... | starting price: 11000,- EUR |
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