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 08.–09.12.2017 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3031 (Winter Auctions 08.–09.12.2017) Vlaminck, Maurice de 1876 Paris - 1958 Rueil-la-Gadelière. «Vue de Village». 1922. Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. ... | |||
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4198 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Büste eines jungen Mädchens mit Turban Bust of a young girl with turban, resting on a jug. Probably Italy | ||||
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1000 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Sogenannte Mohrenbrosche So-called blackamoor brooch. Probably France first half 20th C. Yellow gold 18k, onyx, three rubies weighing circa ... | ||||
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4280 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Qualitätvolle Miniatur eines Fürsten beim Ausritt Good quality miniature of a prince on horseback. India circa 1900. Gouache and gold on paper. ... | ||||
4281 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Feine Miniatur Fine miniature of a courtly couple. India circa 1900. Gouache and gold on paper. Passepartout. DDDDIndien um 1900. ... | ||||
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4745 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Eeckhout, Gerbrand van den attr. 1621 Amsterdam - 1674 ebd. E Oriental horseman. Ink on paper. Collectors initials «J.C.R.» lower left. Minor traces ... | ||||
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0021 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Wanddekoration Fliegender Teppich Meissen 2. Hälfte | ||||
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1994 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Urban, Hans 1874 Danzig - (?). Orientalische Landschaft. Öl/Hartfaser. In Pastelltönen gehaltene Landschaftsdarstellung mit ... | ||||
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1252 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Prächtiger Barock-Spiegel Norddeutsch | ||||
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1892 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Godoy y Castro, Federico 1869 Cadiz - 1939 Sevilla. Öl/Lw., doubl. Orientale. Vor dem Portal eines Gebäudes in arabischer Architektur auf ... | ||||
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1964 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Schnupftabakdose Deutsch | starting price: 750,- EUR | |||
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2003 (Autumn Auctions 26.–28.11.2009) Guercino, Giovanni Francesco nach Italien 17./ Öl/Lw., doubl. Die samische Sibylle. Zwischen Tischen mit Büchern und ... | ||||
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0910 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Figurenlampe «Afrika» Frankreich Ende | ||||
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1155 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Guillemin, Emile Coriolan Hippolyte 1841 Paris - 1907 ebd. Metallguss. Auf ovalem Natursockel, auf einem Pferd sitzender, arabisch gekleideter Mann mit ... | ||||
Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008 Sculptures and Bronzes | ||||
1536 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Guillemin, Emile Coriolan Hippolyte 1841 Paris - 1907 ebd. Bronze, patiniert. Auf ovalem Natursockel, auf einem Pferd sitzender, arabisch gekleideter ... | starting price: 6000,- EUR | |||
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1913 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Godoy y Castro, Federico 1869 Cadiz - 1939 Sevilla. Öl/Lw., doubl. Orientale. Vor dem Portal eines Gebäudes in arabischer Architektur auf ... | starting price: 16000,- EUR | |||
1948 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Hiddemann, Friedrich Peter 1829 Düsseldorf - 1892 ebd. Öl/Karton. Porträt eines Orientalen. Im Profil Darstellung eines schnauzbärtigen Mannes ... | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
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0012 (Spring Sale Orientalin Porzellanmanufaktur Karl Ens, Volkstedt 1. Hälfte | starting price: 500,- EUR | |||
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1617 (Spring Sale Asien Wohl Elsass | ||||
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1870 (Spring Sale Ernst, Rodolphe 1854 Wien - 1932 Fontenay-aux-Roses. Öl/Holz. Kniestück eines in reich verzierte orientalische Kleidung gewandeten ... | ||||
1970 (Spring Sale Kopist Öl/Lw. Sibilla Persica nach Guercino. An einem Schreibpult sitzende, elegant gekleidete Dame ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | |||
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0490 (Spring Sale Orientalische Tänzerin Entwurf Karl Ens für Volkstedt-Rudolstadt | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 0092 (Winter Sale Chiparus - zurückgezogen, Demeter H. 1886 Dorohoi - 1947 Paris. Elfenbein, geschnitzt, Bronze, bemalt, und Marmor. «Briséis». Auf quaderförmig ... | |||
0108 (Winter Sale Orientalische Tänzerin Entwurf Karl Ens für Volkstedt-Rudolstadt | starting price: 800,- EUR | |||
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2217 (Winter Sale Urban, H. Landschaftsmaler Aquarell. Fischer in der Abendsonne, ihre Netze aus dem Meer ziehend. U.r. ... | starting price: 120,- EUR | |||
2218 (Winter Sale Urban, H. Landschaftsmaler Aquarell. Blick in eine bergauf führende dörfliche Straße, von ... | starting price: 120,- EUR | |||
2219 (Winter Sale Urban, H. Landschaftsmaler Aquarell. Ländliches Gehöft im Sonnenlicht. U.r. sign. H. 28, | starting price: 120,- EUR | |||
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0411 (Autumn Sale Bildplatte KPM, Berlin | ||||
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2067 (Spring Sale Kopist 19./ Kohle- und Kreidezeichnung. Brustbildnis einer jungen Frau in weißem Gewand und mit ... | starting price: 40,- EUR |
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