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 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
2162 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Windswept beech trees on the Schauinsland. Oil on canvas. ... | ||||
Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
3238 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Windswept beech trees on the Schauinsland. Oil on canvas. ... | ||||
3239 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Goat willows along the creek. View from the upper St. ... | ||||
3240 (Winter Auctions 25.–26.11.2022) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Village street with blossoming fruit trees. Oil on canvas. ... | ||||
Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2297 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Winter, Fritz 1905 Altenbögge - 1976 Herrsching. «Farbaquatinta 11 - Schwarz, Gelb, Karminrot (colour aquatint 11 - black, ... | |||
Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
3357 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Village street with blossoming fruit trees. Oil on canvas. ... | starting price: 600,- EUR | |||
3358 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Goat willows along the creek. View from the upper St. ... | starting price: 500,- EUR | |||
Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
3295 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Windswept beech trees on the Schauinsland. Oil on canvas. ... | ||||
Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
3214 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Zastlertal with the Feldberg seen from the Schauinsland. Oil ... | ||||
3215 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 View from the Schauinsland to the Feldberg. Oil on canvas. ... | starting price: 900,- EUR | |||
3216 (Jubilee Auctions 06.–07.12.2019) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Windswept beech trees at the Schauinsland. Oil on canvas. ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
3476 (Autumn Auctions 19.–20.10.2018) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Windswept beech trees at Schauinsland. Oil on canvas. Signed ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
3278 (Autumn Auctions 23.–24.09.2016) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Windswept beech trees at Schauinsland. Oil on canvas. Signed ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
4362 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 «Sturmbuchen an der alten Heldenstrasse (storm beech trees along ... | ||||
4363 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Weather beech trees at Schauinsland. Oil on canvas. Signed lower ... | ||||
4364 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Birch grove with a small brook. Oil on canvas. Signed lower ... | ||||
4365 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 «Blick vom oberen St. Wilhelmertal zum Schauinsland (view from ... | ||||
4366 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 «Waldsee mit drei Anglern (forest lake with three anglers)». Oil ... | ||||
4367 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 View from Notschrei over Hofsgrund to Schauinsland. Oil on ... | ||||
4368 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Still life with roses in a vase. Oil on canvas. Signed lower ... | ||||
4369 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 «Rosen in meinem Garten (roses in my garden)». Oil on canvas. ... | ||||
4370 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Portrait of an elegant lady in a black dress. Oil on canvas. ... | ||||
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4372 (Autumn Auctions Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 «Rosen (roses)». Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Verso signed ... | ||||
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4444 (Spring Auctions Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Weather beech trees at Schauinsland with cattle drover. Oil on ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
1845 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Freiburg i.Br. Wetterbuchen auf dem Schauinsland. Öl/Lw. Von jungen schlanken Wetterbuchen ... | ||||
Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
2206 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Freiburg i.Br. Öl/Lw., auf Karton aufgezogen. Blumenstillleben. In einem Steingutkrug ein ... | ||||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Paintings and Drawings 19th and 20th Century | ||||
1974 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Freiburg i.Br. Öl/Karton. «Bäuerin aus Hofsgrund». Brustbild einer alten Frau in rotem Kleid ... | starting price: 400,- EUR | |||
1975 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Freiburg i.Br. Öl/Lw. Porträt Waltraud Burggraf aus dem Hotel Burggraf. Vor grauem Fond ... | starting price: 1000,- EUR | |||
Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008 Paintings and Drawings 15th to 18th Century | ||||
1555 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Freiburg i.Br. Bleistiftzeichnung. Knorriger Baum vor Schwarzwaldkulisse. Unsign. U.r. ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2148 (Autumn Auction Kaiser, Fritz 1891 Villingen - 1974 Freiburg i.Br. Öl/Lw. Blick in Schwarzwälder Tal auf Weiler unter leicht bewölktem Himmel. ... |
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