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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1180 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Collection of four blue topazes in drop- and oval-cut Late | ||||
1181 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Collection of four blue topazes in oval- and royal-cut Late | ||||
1182 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Collection of four blue topazes in oval-cut Late | ||||
1183 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Collection of six blue topazes in oval- and drop-cut Late | ||||
1184 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Blue topaz ring with braided decoration Germany 1930s. Yellow gold 18k. Divided ring band, openworked front with volute decoration, centrally set with an ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
1185 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Vintage aquamarine ring with diamonds Germany 1970s. Yellow gold 18k. Elevated, laterally openworked front, centrally set with a pear-cut aquamarine ... | ||||
1186 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Vintage aquamarine ring Germany 1960s. Yellow gold 18k. Strongly elevated, laterally openworked front, centrally set with an oval-cut ... | ||||
1187 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Mid-Century aquamarine ring weighing more than 27 carats Germany 1960s. Yellow gold 18k. Strongly elevated, openworked front, centrally set with an oval faceted aquamarine ... | ||||
1188 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Blue topaz pendant clip with diamonds Germany late | ||||
1189 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Flower pendant with blue topaz, diamonds and rose quartz on chain Germany resp. Friedrich Binder, Mönsheim (chain) 21st C. Yellow and white gold 18k (pendant) and yellow gold 14k ... | ||||
1190 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Heart ring with diamonds and emeralds Around 2010. Yellow and white gold 18k. Heart-shaped front, centrally set with five brilliant-cut diamonds weighing in ... | ||||
1191 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Petite Fleur ring with moss green emerald and diamonds Germany late | ||||
1192 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of Art Nouveau bow earrings with emeralds and diamonds Germany around 1910. White and yellow gold 8k (tested). Leverback hook, crescent-shaped front, crowned by a bow, set ... | ||||
1193 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Emerald necklace with diamonds Germany 21st C. Yellow gold 18k. All-round cable links, transverse oval front, set with one emerald cabochon weighing ... | ||||
1194 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Entourage pendant with emerald and diamonds on chain Germany 21st C. Platinum 850 (chain) and platinum 900 (pendant). Curb link chain. Square pendant, centrally set with a ... | starting price: 1500,- EUR | |||
1195 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Emerald bangle with diamonds 1990s. Yellow gold 18k. Smooth, oval bangle with hinge, front set with seven square-cut emeralds slightly graduated ... | ||||
1196 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of ear studs with emeralds and diamonds Germany 1980s. Yellow gold 18k (tested). French clip, set with one emerald-cut emerald each, weighing in total approx. ... | ||||
1197 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Band ring with emeralds and diamonds Germany 1980s. Yellow gold 14k. The front alternately set with four princess-cut emeralds weighing in total approx. ... | ||||
1198 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Emerald necklace with diamonds 1980s. Yellow gold 18k. Flattened Venetian links, the front set with six pear-cut emeralds weighing in total approx. ... | ||||
1199 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Entourage ring with bottle green tourmaline and diamonds Early 21st C. Yellow gold 18k. Elevated, laterally openworked front, centrally set with one scissor-cut verdelite ... | ||||
1200 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Entourage emerald ring with diamonds Germany 1980s. Yellow and white gold 18k. Elevated, openworked front, centrally set with one brilliant-cut emerald ... | ||||
1201 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Moderner entourage emerald ring with diamonds 2010s. Red gold 18k. Divided, laterally crossing ring band, elevated front, centrally set with one pear-cut emerald ... | starting price: 1900,- EUR | |||
1202 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Vintage pearl necklace with emerald closure Germany resp. J. Köhle, Pforzheim (closure) 1960s. White gold 14k. Slightly graduated champagne-coloured Akoya ... | ||||
1203 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Vintage Matinee pearl necklace with emerald closure Germany resp. J. Köhle, Pforzheim (closure) 1970s. White gold 14k. Slightly graduated champagne-coloured Akoya ... | ||||
1204 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Art Deco bracelet with diamonds weighing 11 carats and emeralds Germany around 1920. Platinum (tested). Slightly graduated, flat, movable, rectangular links, laterally finely ... | ||||
1205 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Necklace with emerald and diamonds Germany 1990s. Yellow and white gold 14k. Flattened, slightly graduated curb links, cross-oval front, set with an ... | ||||
1206 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Pair of entourage ear studs with emeralds and diamonds Germany 1990s. Yellow gold 18k. Ear studs set with an emerald cabochon each, weighing in total approx. | ||||
1207 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Art Deco «vegetable» brooch with tourmalines and diamonds Germany 1930s. Yellow and white gold 14k. Rectangular openworked brooch with engraved leaf and volute decoration, set ... | ||||
1208 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Art Nouveau brooch with emeralds, oriental pearls and diamonds Juwelier Koch, Frankfurt a.M./Baden-Baden around 1900/10. Yellow gold 18k and platinum (tested). Marquise-shaped, ... | ||||
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