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 25.–26.11.2022 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2088 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Hundertwasser, Friedensreich 1928 Vienna - 2000 on the Queen Elizabeth II off New Zealand. «Regentag - Look at it on a rainy day». 1971/72. ... | |||
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3315 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Hauptmann, Karl 1880 «Herzogenhorn (Feldberg)». Summit cross in winter twilight against ... | ||||
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3370 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Hesse, Hermann 1877 Calw - 1962 Montagnola. «Frau Moilliet zur Weihnacht 1918 (Mrs Moilliet for Christmas 1918)». Handwritten ... | ||||
Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Wrist Watches | ||||
1446 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Oris gents' wristwatch «Tonneau Regulator» Hölstein 2000s. Stainless steel. Tonneau-shaped case. Beige dial with applied pin minute scale and minute ring, ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2214 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Wilding, Ludwig 1927 Grünstadt - 2010 Buchholz. «Single PS 7b». Lauf Objekt. Serigraph on acrylic glass in front of a serigraph ... | |||
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3187 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Saint Nicholas the miracle worker Probably Russia 18th/ | starting price: 250,- EUR | |||
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3220 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Caulitz, Peter circle of 1650 Berlin - 1719 ibid. Old stone bridge on the river. Oil on panel. Unsigned. Paint loss, cracks. ... | starting price: 900,- EUR | |||
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3186 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Haller, Wilhelm 1873 The holy family. Oil on cardboard. Signed lower right and dated ... | ||||
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3306 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Christus Pantokrator mit vier Schutzheiligen Christ Pantocrator with four patron saints. Russia early | ||||
3307 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Christus Pantokrator Christ Pantocrator. Russia circa 1850. Egg tempera over chalk ground on panel. Christ as the Universal Ruler giving a ... | ||||
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2052 (Winter Auctions 08.–09.12.2017) Christus Pantokrator Christ Pantocrator. Russia early | starting price: 300,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2167 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Hartung, Hans 1904 Leipzig - 1989 Antibes. «P1970-A31». Pastel and ink on baryta carton. Signed and dated (19)70 lower right. ... | |||
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3004 (Autumn Auctions Medizinbuddha Bhaisajya mit Lebenselixier Medicine Buddha Bhaisajya with elixir. Probably Tibet DDDDWohl Tibet ... | ||||
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4191 (Autumn Auctions Kleine bekrönte Heilige Small crowned female saint. Probably circle of Hans Multscher. South Germany | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2101 (Spring Auctions Hartung, Hans 1904 Leipzig - 1989 Antibes. «P1970-A31». Pastel and ink on baryta carton. Signed and dated (19)70 lower right. ... | starting price: 50000,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2123 (Spring Auctions Klapheck, Konrad Geb. 1935 Düsseldorf, lebt und arbeitet in Düsseldorf. «Der Eroberer (the conqueror)». Oil on canvas. Signed verso ... | |||
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4166 (Autumn Auctions Dame im Ballkostüm Lady in ball costume. Model by Carl Christoph Punct for Meissen circa | starting price: 2800,- EUR | |||
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4548 (Autumn Auctions Kafka, Franz 1883 - 1924. German writer. L.A.S. «F». (Planá nad LuÏnici [arrival mark Prag:] 11.IX.1922.). Two double ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2188 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Immendorff, Jörg 1945 Bleckede - 2007 Düsseldorf. «Mann mit Affenmaske in Schneekugel (man with monkey mask in snow globe)». ... | |||
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3076 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Hesse, Hermann Karl 1877 - 1962. «Zwölf Gedichte (twelve poems)». Manuscript of poems in his own hand, with signature and ... | ||||
3091 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Mendelssohn, Moses 1729 - 1786. Philosopher. Manuscript in own hand, probably Berlin, spring 1755. Five three-quarter p. 4°. With ... | ||||
3096 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Heckel, Erich 1883 - 1970. German expressionist painter and graphic artist, founding member of the «Brücke» (1905). 71 parts; 45 ... | ||||
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4387 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Hokuju, Shôtei Woodcut in colours. Gentleman in a landscape. In the block multiple markings and signed lower right. Passepartout. ... | ||||
4388 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Hokuju, Shôtei Woodcut in colours. Noble lady resting in a landscape. In the block multiple markings and signed lower left. ... | ||||
4391 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Kuniyoshi, Utagawa 1797/98 Edo - 1861 ebd. Woodcut in colours. Interior with lady and scroll painting. Top left with text, multiple ... | ||||
4401 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Toyokuni, Utagawa 1769 Edo - 1825 ebd. Woodcut in colours. The actor Bando Mitsugoro. Multiple markings and signature in the block. ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2170 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Fassianos, Alexandre (Alekos) Born 1935 Athen. E «Le Bonheur». Oil on panel. Signed upper middle. Verso label «Galerie 3+2, Paris», on label ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2240 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Köthe, Fritz 1916 Berlin - 2005 ebd. E Cleavage. Watercolour on paper. Dated 1966 and monogrammed lower left. Passepartout. ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1239 (Autumn Auctions Hundertwasser, Friedensreich 1928 Wien - 2000 auf See vor Australien. «Laszlo von Hundertwasser (Laszlo by Hundertwasser)». Offset and oil on ... | |||
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2684 (Autumn Auctions Vita des Hl. Nikolaus Icon of St. Nicholas. Russia circa 1800. Tempera on panel. Inscribed. Pigment loss. DDDDRussland um 1800. ... |
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