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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3160 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Copulating predatory cats Probably Tairona, Colombia circa 1200 AD. Tumbaga. Two mating predators, decorated with braided chains and spiral-like ... | ||||
3161 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Pendant with three-headed hybrid creature Probably Tairona, Colombia circa 1200 AD. Tumbaga. Reclining hybrid creature with three sculptured heads, predator ... | ||||
3162 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Shamanic bird pendant Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Tumbaga. Stylised, bird-like figure with long, curved beak, spherical eyes, spread wings, ... | ||||
3163 (Winter Auctions 19.–20.11.2021) Toucan pendant Probably Tairona, Colombia circa 1200 AD. Tumbaga. Toucan with spherical eyes, curved beak, puffy chest as well as ... | ||||
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3311 (Autumn Auctions Koka-Träger Koka carrier. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Two ringlets to back. Signs of age. According to the consignor the ... | ||||
3312 (Autumn Auctions Stehender Mann mit Vogel Standing man with bird. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Signs of age. According to the consignor the object is part of ... | ||||
3313 (Autumn Auctions Wasserträgerin Female water carrier. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Signs of age. According to the consignor the object is part of a ... | ||||
3314 (Autumn Auctions Kazike mit Kopfschmuck Kazike figure with headdress. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Two ringlets to back. Sings of age. According to the ... | ||||
3315 (Autumn Auctions Affen-Schamane Shamanic monkey figure. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD or later. Gold. Ringlet to back. Signs of age. According to the ... | ||||
3316 (Autumn Auctions Stehender Krieger Standing warrior. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Ringlet to back. Signs of age. According to the consignor the object ... | ||||
3317 (Autumn Auctions Stehende Frauenfigur Standing female figure. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Ringlet to back. Signs of age. According to the consignor the ... | ||||
3318 (Autumn Auctions Schamanen-Figur mit großem Kopfschmuck Shamanic figure with large headdress. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Two ringlets to back. Signs of age. According to ... | ||||
3319 (Autumn Auctions Fabelwesen Mythical creature. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Ringlets to chin and back. Signs of age. According to the consignor ... | ||||
3320 (Autumn Auctions Große dreiköpfige Figur Large three-headed figure. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Signs of age. According to the consignor the object is part ... | ||||
3321 (Autumn Auctions Ara-Figur Ara figure. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Signs of age. According to the consignor the object is part of a large ... | starting price: 1500,- EUR | |||
3322 (Autumn Auctions Kleiner fliegender Schamane Small flying shamanic figure. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Ringlet to back. Signs of age. According to the ... | ||||
3323 (Autumn Auctions Kleiner Schamanen-Vogel Small shamanic bird. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Ringlet to back. Signs of age. According to the consignor the ... | starting price: 3000,- EUR | |||
3324 (Autumn Auctions Großer Schamanen-Vogel Large shamanic bird. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Ringlet to back. Signs of age. According to the consignor the ... | ||||
3325 (Autumn Auctions Schamanen-Vogel Shamanic bird. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Ringlet to back. Signs of age, one wing broken. According to the ... | starting price: 3000,- EUR | |||
3326 (Autumn Auctions Dreiköpfiger Schamanen-Vogel Three headed shamanic bird. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Two ringlets to back. Signs of age. According to the ... | ||||
3327 (Autumn Auctions Kopulierende Frösche Copulating frogs. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Ringlets to front feet. Signs of age. According to the consignor ... | starting price: 1500,- EUR | |||
3328 (Autumn Auctions Kleine Froschfigur Small frog figure. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Ringlets to front feet. Signs of age. According to the consignor ... | starting price: 950,- EUR | |||
3329 (Autumn Auctions Drei-Wesen-Anhänger Pendant with three mythical creatures. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD or later. Gold. Signs of age. According to the ... | ||||
3330 (Autumn Auctions Kleine Glocke mit Reptil Small bell with reptile. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Signs of age. According to the consignor the object is part ... | ||||
3331 (Autumn Auctions Kleine Tierfigur Small animal figure. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Ringlets to front paws. Signs of age. According to the consignor ... | starting price: 950,- EUR | |||
3332 (Autumn Auctions Doppelköpfiges Fabeltier Small double-headed mythical animal. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Signs of age. According to the consignor the ... | ||||
3333 (Autumn Auctions Kleines doppelköpfiges Fabeltier Small double-headed mythical animal. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Ringlets to front paws. Signs of age. According ... | starting price: 1500,- EUR | |||
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4427 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Große Figur Large figure. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. According to the consignor the object is part of a large collection of ... | 4700,- EUR | |||
4428 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Schamanisches Amulett Shamanic amulet. Costa Rica circa 1200 AD. Gold. Ringlet to back. According to the consignor the object is part of a ... | 4500,- EUR |
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