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 | ||||
1233 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Fuchs, Ernst 1930 Vienna - 2015 ibid. 1990s. Eau de parfum «Königin der Nacht (Queen of the Night)» from «Les beaux arts», ... | ||||
1234 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Fuchs, Ernst 1930 Vienna - 2015 ibid. 1990s. Eau de parfum «Papagena» from «Les beaux arts», Edition | ||||
1235 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Fuchs, Ernst 1930 Vienna - 2015 ibid. 1990s. Eau de toilette «Papageno» from «Les beaux arts», Edition | ||||
Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2021 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Fuchs, Ernst 1930 Wien - 2015 ebd. «Die Bibel (the Bible)». The Holy Scripture of the Old and New Testaments. Translated after ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2022 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Fuchs, Ernst 1930 Wien - 2015 ebd. «Schmuck der Erde (jewellery of the earth)». Pastel over lithograph in colours on laid paper, ... | |||
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 | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2089 (Spring Auctions Fuchs, Ernst Geb. 1930 Wien, lebt und arbeitet in Monaco. «Die Sphinx I. (the sphinx I.)». 1977. Bronze with brown patina on ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2090 (Spring Auctions Fuchs, Ernst Geb. 1930 Wien, lebt und arbeitet in Monaco. «Die Bachnymphe (the stream nymph)». 1975. Aquatint in colours on wove ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2091 (Spring Auctions Fuchs, Ernst Geb. 1930 Wien, lebt und arbeitet in Monaco. «Lilith - Hinter dem Baum der Erkenntnis (Lilith - Behind the Tree of ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2092 (Spring Auctions Fuchs, Ernst Geb. 1930 Wien, lebt und arbeitet in Monaco. «Flora erwacht (flora arises)». 1977. Aquatint in colours on wove ... | starting price: 250,- EUR | ||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1039 (Autumn Auctions Fuchs, Ernst Born 1930 Wien. «The Venus belt». Brown patinated bronze and marble. Signed on head, verso foundry mark and ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1040 (Autumn Auctions Fuchs, Ernst Born 1930 Wien. «Hands of wisedom». Brown patinated bronze and salmon coloured marble. Verso on left hand ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1041 (Autumn Auctions Fuchs, Ernst Born 1930 Wien. A pair of «Silbersphinx» sculptures. Silver 925 and black marble. On the right thigh signed, ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1042 (Autumn Auctions Fuchs, Ernst Born 1930 Wien. Surreal portrait. Watercolour and charcoal on paper. Signed and dated 1961 lower right in pencil. ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2000 (Spring Auctions Fuchs, Ernst Born 1930 Wien. E ´Agnus Mysticusª. Frottage, lithograph and foil stamping. Numbered 216/300 lower left and signed ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2001 (Spring Auctions Fuchs, Ernst Born 1930 Wien. E ´Agnus Mysticusª. Frottage, lithograph and foil stamping. Lower middle stamp signature, seal ... | |||
Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Modern Prints | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2231 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Fuchs, Ernst Geb. 1930 Wien. Blumenstrauß. Farblithographie. Eine leuchtend bunte, das gesamte Bildfeld einnehmende ... | |||
Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010 Modern Prints | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2312 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Fuchs, Ernst Geb. 1930 Wien. Fünf Serigraphien der Edition «Highlights '79». «Perseus, Hommage à Daidalos», «Lolita», ... | |||
Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1697 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Fuchs, Ernst Geb. 1930 Wien. Bleistift und Collage/Papier, auf Karton montiert. «Zur Josephs Legende Ballett». Drei in ... | starting price: 1800,- EUR | ||
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0127 (Spring Sale Fuchs, Ernst Geb. 1930 Wien. Bronze, patiniert. «Sphinx». Auf Unterarme und Knie gestützt liegende Frau, das Gesäß leicht ... | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2351 (Spring Sale Fuchs, Ernst Geb. 1930 Wien. Farblithographie. «Cosima». Unter Rundbogen, Brustbildnis eines Mädchens im Dreiviertelprofil nach ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2352 (Spring Sale Fuchs, Ernst Geb. 1930 Wien. Acht kolorierte Radierungen. Herausgegeben von Richard P. Hartmann. Verschiedene figürliche ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2470 (Winter Sale Fuchs, Ernst Geb. 1930 Wien. Farblithographie. Agnus Mysticus. U. Mitte ausgeblichene Sign. mit rotem Siegel. H. 65, | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2444 (Spring Sale Fuchs, Ernst Geb. 1930 Wien. Mischtechnik mit Prägedruck. Sitzendes geflügeltes Mischwesen mit Hufen und Hahnenkamm im Profil ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2924 (Autumn Sale Fuchs, Ernst Geb. 1930 Wien. Aquatintaradierung. Brustporträt einer schönen jungen Frau mit offenem langem Haar, vor der Brust ... | starting price: 180,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2925 (Autumn Sale Fuchs, Ernst Geb. 1930 Wien. Farblithographie. "Pegasus und Muse". Mit Bleistift u.l. 369/450 num. und u.r. sign. Verso auf ... |
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