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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1148 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Boese, Johannes 1856 Ratibor - 1917 Berlin. Metallguss. Kaiser Wilhelm I. Auf Sockel, stehender Herrscher mit Backenbart und ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
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1333 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Becker, Albert 1830 Berlin - 1896 ebd. Öl/Lw., doubl. Der kleine Dieb. Ein Mädchen von einem Jungen einen gestohlenen Gegenstand ... | starting price: 3500,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1917 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Guillaume, Albert Paul 1873 Paris - 1942 Faux. Mischtechnik/Karton. Abendliche Pariser Straßenszene vor dem Théâtre du Vaudeville mit ... | starting price: 1800,- EUR | ||
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1553 (Spring Sale Boese, Johannes 1856 Ratibor - 1917 Berlin. Bronze, patiniert, und Marmor. Siegesengel. Auf Rundsockel, stehender geflügelter ... | ||||
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1817 (Spring Sale Anker, Albert 1831 Ins/Kanton Bern - 1910 ebd. Bleistiftzeichnung. Zwei Skizzen auf einem Blatt, je Erwachsenenhand, Kinderhand ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | |||
1818 (Spring Sale Anker, Albert 1831 Ins/Kanton Bern - 1910 ebd. Aquarell. Tragfahne in einer Kapelle. Unsign. | ||||
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2043 (Spring Sale Anker, Albert 1831 Ins/Kanton Bern - 1910 ebd. Kohlezeichnung. «Trinkender Bauer». Skizzenhaftes Kniestück eines älteren bärtigen ... | ||||
2044 (Spring Sale Anker, Albert 1831 Ins/Kanton Bern - 1910 ebd. Bleistiftzeichnung. «Bauer mit zwei Kindern». Skizze eines sitzenden, Pfeife ... | ||||
2045 (Spring Sale Anker, Albert 1831 Ins/Kanton Bern - 1910 ebd. Kohlezeichnung und Gouache. Sitzendes blondes Mädchen mit Handarbeit im Profil ... | ||||
2046 (Spring Sale Anker, Albert 1831 Ins/Kanton Bern - 1910 ebd. Rötelzeichnung. «Betender Pater». Kniestück eines sitzenden Priesters im ... | ||||
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1901 (Winter Sale Anker, Albert 1831 Ins/Kanton Bern - 1910 ebd. Bleistiftzeichnung auf graugrünem Papier. Weite Landschaft, von sanften Berghängen ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2304 (Winter Sale Lang, Albert 1847 Karlsruhe - 1933 München. Pastell. Von alten Buchen bestandener Waldweg, an der Uferböschung der Ostsee ... | starting price: 300,- EUR | ||
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1704 (Autumn Sale Anker, Albert 1831 Ins/Kanton Bern - 1910 ebd. Bleistiftzeichnung. Bauernhofstudie mit Trotte. Unsign. Gebräunt. O.l. kl. Riss. ... | ||||
1705 (Autumn Sale Anker, Albert 1831 Ins/Kanton Bern - 1910 ebd. Kohlezeichnung. Bärtiger Bauer, sich eine Pfeife anzündend. Unsign. Leicht ... | ||||
1706 (Autumn Sale Anker, Albert 1831 Ins/Kanton Bern - 1910 ebd. Lavierte Tuschezeichnung. Studie eines Ofens in Zimmerecke. Unsign. U.l. ... | ||||
1707 (Autumn Sale Anker, Albert 1831 Ins/Kanton Bern - 1910 ebd. Bleistiftzeichnung auf graugrünem Papier. Weite Landschaft, von sanften Berghängen ... | starting price: 700,- EUR | |||
1929 (Autumn Sale Lang, Albert wohl 1847 Karlsruhe - 1933 München. Pastell. Blick auf die erhöht liegende Schlossruine Altleiningen am Rande des ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | |||
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2102 (Spring Sale Lang, Albert 1847 Karlsruhe - 1933 München. Pastell. Waldinneres bei Sassnitz. U.l. bez., 25.8.(19)32 dat und sign. H. 73, ... | starting price: 100,- EUR | |||
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2426 (Autumn Sale Janesch, Albert 1889 Wien - 1973 ebd. Öl/Holz. Brustporträt eines alten bärtigen Mannes mit Pelzmütze, den Kopf auf seine linke ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2760 (Autumn Sale Servaes, Albert 1883 Gent - 1966 Luzern. Kohle und farbige Kreide. "Schwäbin". Brustbildnis einer jungen Frau mit blauem Pullover ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2761 (Autumn Sale Servaes, Albert 1883 Gent - 1966 Luzern. Kohle und farbige Kreide. "Spanier". Brustbildnis eines jungen Mannes mit Brille in Anzug ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2762 (Autumn Sale Servaes, Albert 1883 Gent - 1966 Luzern. Kohlezeichnung. "Spanier". Brustbildnis eines jungen Mannes in Hemd und Jackett mit Brille ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2763 (Autumn Sale Servaes, Albert 1883 Gent - 1966 Luzern. Kohle und farbige Kreide mit Weißhöhungen. "Polderlandschaft". Eingedeichtes Marschland ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2764 (Autumn Sale Servaes, Albert 1883 Gent - 1966 Luzern. Kohle und farbige Kreide mit Weißhöhungen. Mondlandschaft mit Häuser- und Baumsilhouetten ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2765 (Autumn Sale Servaes, Albert 1883 Gent - 1966 Luzern. Kohle- und Rötelzeichnung mit Weißhöhungen. "Friedel Servaes". Brustbildnis einer jungen ... | starting price: 1000,- EUR |
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