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 24.11–25.11.2023 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3001 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Bissier, Julius 1893 Untitled from «Gefäße (vessels)». Around 1963/64. Lithograph on ... | |||
Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2003 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Bissier, Julius 1893 Untitled from «Gefäße (vessels)». 1963. Lithograph on Japon laid ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2099 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Bissier, Julius 1893 Untitled. Watercolour and India ink, partially washed, on ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2004 (Autumn Auctions Bissier, Julius 1893 «24.6.49», «März 49», «6.5.49», «29.5.49», «16.4.50» and «15.2.51». ... | starting price: 1600,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2005 (Autumn Auctions Bissier, Julius 1893 «Monti 6.7.60». 1960. Watercolour on paper. Signed and titled lower ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2120 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Yellow structure. Mixed media on paper. Signed and inscribed «47/16» lower right ... | |||
Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2134 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. E Yellow structure. Mixed media on paper. Signed and inscribed «47/16» lower ... | starting price: 1500,- EUR | ||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1005 (Autumn Auctions Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Three woodcuts. Two signed and dated (19)54 in pencil, one as cover. In: ... | |||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2127 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Monotypie. «Studie». Abstrakte Komposition mit brauner, beigefarbener, roter, ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2086 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Tuschzeichnung. Abstrakte Komposition aus schlanken Linien. Stempelsignatur. H. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2087 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Tuschzeichnung. Abstrakte Komposition mit zwei an Gräser erinnernden Figuren in ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2088 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Tuschzeichnung. Abstrakte Komposition mit zwei breit konturierten Figuren. ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2089 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Tuschzeichnung. Abstrakte Komposition. Unsign. Min. fleckig. H. 16, | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2090 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Tuschzeichnung. Abstrakte Komposition. Signaturstempel. H. 19,5, | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2091 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Tuschzeichnung. Abstrakte, an eine Hügellandschaft mit im Tal stehender ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2092 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Tuschzeichnung. Abstrakte Komposition mit drei streifenförmigen hellgrauen ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2093 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Tuschzeichnung. Abstrakte Komposition mit zwei vornehmlich aus tiefschwarzen ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2094 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Tuschzeichnung. Abstrakte Komposition mit schlanken Linien und ellipsenförmiger ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2095 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Tuschzeichnung. Abstrakte Komposition mit an chinesische Schriftzeichen ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2096 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Tuschzeichnung. «Assisi III/35». Skizze einer in Hügellandschaft gelegenen ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2097 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Kugelschreiberzeichnung. Skizze eines Hauses und einer von einem Kreuz bekrönten ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2098 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Eiöltempera/Hartfaser. «Torso mit dem Zeichen des Kreuzes». An einen Torso ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2099 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Eiöltempera/Leinen. Abstrakte Komposition in Rot, Schwarz und Braun mit kantigen ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2288 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Monotypie. Abstrakte Komposition in Schwarz, Rot, Dunkelbraun und Blau mit zwei ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2289 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Monotypie. Auf rosafarbenem Fond abstrakte Komposition in Hellblau, Rot, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2290 (Autumn Auction Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Monotypie. Auf hellgrauem Fond abstrakte Komposition in Schwarz, Dunkelbraun, ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2131 (Spring Sale Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Mischtechnik mit Aquarell/Hartfaser. «Studie zu einer Winterlandschaft». In ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2132 (Spring Sale Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Tuschzeichnung. «Assisi III/35». Skizze einer in Hügellandschaft gelegenen ... | starting price: 2000,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2133 (Spring Sale Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Tuschzeichnung. «27.III.56». Abstrakte Komposition mit zwei dominanten, vertikal ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2134 (Spring Sale Bissier, Julius 1893 Freiburg i.Br. - 1965 Ascona. Kugelschreiberzeichnung. Skizze eines Hauses und einer von einem Kreuz bekrönten ... | starting price: 600,- EUR |
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