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 19.–20.11.2021 Vintage and Accessoires | ||||
1228 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Bruni, Bruno Born 1935 Gradara, lives and works in Hannover und Hamburg. 1990s. Eau de toilette «Clinch» from «Les beaux ... | ||||
Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2207 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Bruni, Bruno Born 1935 Gradara, lives and works in Hanover and Hamburg. «Mignon». 1994. Brown patinated bronze. Signed under ... | |||
Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2020 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Bruni, Bruno Born 1935 Gradara, lives and works in Hanover and Hamburg. «La Sogna». Golden brown patinated bronze, partially ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2021 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Bruni, Bruno Born 1935 Gradara, lives and works in Hanover and Hamburg. «La Sola». Golden brown patinated bronze, partially ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2022 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Bruni, Bruno Born 1935 Gradara, lives and works in Hanover and Hamburg. «Mignon». 1994. Brown patinated bronze. Signed under ... | starting price: 250,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2023 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Bruni, Bruno Born 1935 Gradara, lives and works in Hanover and Hamburg. «Danae». Golden brown patinated bronze, partially ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2096 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Bruni, Bruno Geb. 1935 Gradara, lebt und arbeitet in Hamburg. «Silk Stockings». 1984. Lithograph in colours on strong laid ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2097 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Bruni, Bruno Geb. 1935 Gradara, lebt und arbeitet in Hamburg. «Quasi Nuda». 1992. Golden brown patinated bronze, partially ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2098 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Bruni, Bruno Geb. 1935 Gradara, lebt und arbeitet in Hamburg. «La Caduta». 1990. Golden brown patinated bronze, partially gilt ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2276 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) «Manierismus in der Kunst» Published by Gustav René Hocke. Richard | |||
Spring Auctions | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2063 (Spring Auctions Bruni, Bruno Geb. 1935 Gradara, lebt und arbeitet in Hannover. Bronze candelabra, produced in the lost-wax casting technique, ... | starting price: 450,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2064 (Spring Auctions Bruni, Bruno Geb. 1935 Gradara, lebt und arbeitet in Hannover. Bronze candelabra, produced in the lost-wax casting technique, ... | starting price: 450,- EUR | ||
Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Modern Prints | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2217 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Bruni, Bruno Geb. 1935 Gradara. Venus nach Botticelli. Offsetlithographie. Auf grün-braunem Grund die Büste von Botticellis ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2218 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Bruni, Bruno Geb. 1935 Gradara. Hommage à Raphael. Offsetlithographie. Skizzenhafte Figuren nach Raffaels Gemälde «La fornarina» ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2219 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Bruni, Bruno Geb. 1935 Gradara. «Amaryllis». Radierung. Drei Ansichten einer Amaryllisblüte. Mit Bleistift u. Mitte sign. und ... | |||
Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010 Modern Prints | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2346 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Konvolut Graphiken | |||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2136 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Bruni, Bruno Geb. 1935 Gradara. Bronze. Figürlicher Flaschenverschluss in Gestalt einer weiblichen unbekleideten Kauernden, die ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2137 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Bruni, Bruno Geb. 1935 Gradara. Bronze. Figürlicher Flaschenverschluss in Form einer weiblichen unbekleideten Kauernden mit ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2138 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Bruni, Bruno Geb. 1935 Gradara. Bronze, partiell vergoldet, und Marmor. «La Ondi», 1991. Auf quadratischem Sockel, weiblicher ... | |||
Autumn Sale | ||||
2021 (Autumn Sale Bruni, Bruno Geb. 1935 Gradara. Bronze, patiniert, und Marmor. «La Divina». Auf Marmorplinthe, stehender schlanker weiblicher ... |
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