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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3004 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Goldscheider, Friedrich 1845 Slabce/Bohemia - 1897 Nice. Lady with flower bouquet. Vienna | ||||
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4021 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Aufsatzschale Tazza. Friedrich Goldscheider 20th C. Pottery, painted in polychrome colours. Impressed signature «Holze». Model ... | ||||
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2043 (Autumn Auctions Monumentale Uhr Monumental clock. Probably Friedrich Goldscheider, Vienna 1885 - 1922. Terracotta, brown glazed pottery, wood and ... | ||||
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0001 (Spring Auctions M”dchenb¸ste Bust of a girl. Friedrich Goldscheider, Vienna circa 1900. Brown and green painted pottery. On the shoulder signed ... | ||||
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1354 (Spring Auctions Spanisches Paar Spanish couple. Model by Karl Perl circa 1922 for Friedrich Goldscheider, Vienna. Alabaster and brown marble. On the ... | ||||
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0003 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Wandteller Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien Ende | ||||
0004 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Wandteller Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien Ende | ||||
Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010 Art Nouveau, Art déco and Design | ||||
0061 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Windhund Wohl Karin Jarl für Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien 1. Hälfte | ||||
Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009 Art Nouveau, Art déco and Design | ||||
0017 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Biedermeierdame mit Mädchen Entwurf Franz Gruber für Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1917. Heller Scherben, polychrom bemalt. Rundsockel, junge ... | starting price: 550,- EUR | |||
0018 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Sterbender Schwan Entwurf Stephan Dakon für Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1935. Heller Scherben, glasiert und polychrom bemalt. ... | ||||
0021 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) «Bulgarin» P. Thiele für Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1898. Sandfarbener Scherben, bemalt und goldstaffiert. Auf Postament, ... | starting price: 650,- EUR | |||
0022 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Mädchenbüste Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1900. Heller Scherben, grünlich und goldfarben gefasst. Auf rechteckigem ... | ||||
0023 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Flöte spielender Mohr Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1897 - 1898. Sandfarbener Scherben, glasiert und polychrom bemalt. Auf Natursockel, ... | ||||
0099 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Mädchen mit Schiefertafel János Petrides für Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1914. Marmor. Auf Natursockel, stehendes kleines Mädchen mit Buch ... | ||||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Art Nouveau, Art déco and Design | ||||
0040 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Mädchenbüste Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1897 - 1898. Heller Scherben, braunfarben glasiert. Auf konisch ansteigendem Sockel, ... | starting price: 750,- EUR | |||
0067 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Windhund Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien 1. Hälfte | starting price: 200,- EUR | |||
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0114 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Bedeutende Portaluhr «Gladiator» Adolphe Jean Lavergne für Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien und Lenzkirch Ende | ||||
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0054 (Autumn Auction Bedeutende Portaluhr «Gladiator» Adolphe Jean Lavergne für Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien und Lenzkirch Ende | starting price: 2800,- EUR | |||
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0128 (Autumn Sale Die Ährenbinderin Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1910. Heller Scherben, bräunlich und goldfarben gefasst. Auf Natursockel, junge ... | ||||
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0159 (Spring Sale Mädchen mit Haarschleife Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1920. Heller Scherben, glasiert und bemalt. Auf Rundsockel, stehendes Mädchen mit ... | ||||
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0054 (Winter Sale Brunnen mit Mädchen Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1900. Heller Scherben, grün-bräunlich gefasst. Auf ovalem, mit Blattwerk geschmücktem ... | starting price: 700,- EUR | |||
0055 (Winter Sale Jugendstil-Büste Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1900. Heller Scherben, grünlich und goldfarben gefasst. Auf rechteckigem, ... | starting price: 1500,- EUR | |||
0058 (Winter Sale Frauenbüste Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1900. Heller Scherben, bräunlich und goldfarben gefasst. Auf drapiertem Sockel, ... | starting price: 1400,- EUR | |||
0059 (Winter Sale Athena Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1900. Heller Scherben, grünlich und braun gefasst. Auf reliefiertem Rechtecksockel mit ... | starting price: 450,- EUR | |||
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0066 (Autumn Sale Paar bedeutende Bodenvasen Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1900. Heller Scherben, glasiert und bemalt. Aus vierpassigem Natursockel ... | starting price: 2500,- EUR | |||
0068 (Autumn Sale Frauenbüste Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1900. Heller Scherben, blassgrün gefasst. Auf von Efeu besetztem Natursockel, Büste ... | ||||
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0019 (Spring Sale Frauenbüste Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1900. Heller Scherben, farbig gefasst. Auf hochrechteckigem, tailliertem Sockel, Büste ... | ||||
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2164 (Winter Sale Die Wasserträgerin Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1900. Heller Scherben, glasiert und bemalt. Auf quadratischem, vorne halbrund ... | ||||
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2016 (Autumn Sale Frauenbüste Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien um 1900. Bronze und Alabaster. Auf hochrechteckigem Sockel, Büste einer jungen Frau mit ... | starting price: 1800,- EUR |
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