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 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3081 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Dahmen, Karl Fred 1917 Stolberg - 1981 Preinersdorf. «Tele-Landschaft (tele-landscape)». Assemblage made of hair and colour over ... | starting price: 1600,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3234 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Weber, Konstantin Born 1949 «Lisa». Oil on plywood. ... | starting price: 250,- EUR | ||
Image under artist's copyright. | 3235 (Winter Auctions 24.11–25.11.2023) Weber, Konstantin Born 1949 «Unterwegs2 (on the way ... | |||
Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2029 (Winter Auctions 20.–21.11.2020) Weber, Robert Born 1964 Jena, lives and works in Berlin. Blue head with computer tomographies from «Convergence». Serigraph in ... | |||
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4429 (Autumn Auctions 25.–26.09.2015) Weber, August 1817 Frankfurt a.M. - 1873 Düsseldorf. Nocturnal return. Oil on canvas, relined. Signed lower right. ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2219 (Spring Auctions Völkle, Bernd Geb. 1940 Müllheim/Baden, lebt und arbeitet in Tannenkirch/Baden. «Flügel (gespannt) (wing (stretched))». ... | |||
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5054 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Teekanne mit Sahnegießer Teapot and creamer. Eduard Wollenweber, Munich late 19th C. Silver 800. Maker's mark and -stamp, assay- and standard ... | ||||
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5572 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Weber, Carl 1850 Philadelphia - 1921 Ambler. Two landscapes. Oil on canvas, mounted on panel. Each signed lower left. Minor ... | ||||
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5589 (Autumn Auctions 06.–08.12.2012) Weber, F. Engraver probably 18th/19th C. Erasmus of Rotterdam. Engraving. Inscribed lower left and lower right. Minor foxing on ... | ||||
Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012 Modern and Contemporary Art | ||||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2353 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Klasse Baselitz Portfolio for the exhibition of the class of Baselitz. 1998. 18 pieces. Comprising 1. Baselitz, etching; 2. Tine Benz, ... | starting price: 1900,- EUR | ||
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4184 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Feiner Tafelleuchter Fine candlestick. Louis Wollenweber, Munich circa 1826. Silver 800. Maker's- and assay mark. DDDDLouis ... | starting price: 890,- EUR | |||
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4784 (Spring Auctions 14.–16.06.2012) Weber, F. Engraver probably 18th/19th C. Erasmus of Rotterdam. Engraving. Inscribed lower left and lower right. Minor foxing on ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1377 (Autumn Auctions Weber, Hermann Born 1959 Biberach. «Verschleiert XVI (Veiled XVI)». Collage on cardboard. Verso titled, monogrammed and dated 2010 ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1378 (Autumn Auctions Weber, Hermann Born 1959 Biberach. «Das große Kind (the big child)». Mixed media on panel. Verso II num., titled, monogrammed and ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1379 (Autumn Auctions Weber, Hermann Born 1959 Biberach. «Masker XI». Mixed media and collage on paper. Numbered XI lower left in pencil. Upper left ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1380 (Autumn Auctions Weber, Willy Born 1932 Zürich. «Das war der Martinstag (that was St. Martin's day)». Nickel-plated steel plate. Verso titled ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 1381 (Autumn Auctions Weber, Willy Born 1932 Zürich. Monochrome. Metal plate. Verso signed. Provenance: private collection. DDDDGeb. 1932 ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1908 (Spring Auctions Weber, Peter Born 1945 Bismarckh¸tte. E Surreal landscape. Mixed media on cardboard. Signed lower right and dated (19)81. ... | |||
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0289 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Paar kunstvolle Tafelleuchter Meister Eduard Wollenweber, München Mitte | ||||
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1643 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Weber, (?) Miniaturmaler Ende Dorfszene mit Reitern. Gouache. Vor Fachwerkhaus in dörflicher Umgebung ... | ||||
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2005 (Autumn Auctions 02.–04.12.2010) Weber, August 1817 Frankfurt a.M. - 1873 Düsseldorf. Ländliche Idylle. Öl/Lw. Vor einem zwischen hohen Eichen gelegenen ... | ||||
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2097 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Weber, August 1817 Frankfurt a.M. - 1873 Düsseldorf. Öl/Lw. Ländliche Idylle. Vor einem zwischen hohen Eichen gelegenen ... | ||||
2098 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Weber, Franz Landschaftsmaler 1. Hälfte Aquarell. Hafen. Vor einem Deich im Vordergrund zwei Dampfschlepper ... | ||||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 2247 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Weber, Brigitte Landschaftsmalerin Ende Gouache. Landstraße. Zwischen kahlen Bäumen am Rande eines Feldes eine ... | |||
Image under artist's copyright. | 2248 (Spring Auctions 10.–12.06.2010) Weber, Brigitte Landschaftsmalerin Ende Gouache. Acker im Wald. Eingerahmt von Bäumen ein Feld. U.r. sign. und ... | |||
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Image under artist's copyright. | 1793 (Spring Auction 14.–16.05.2009) Weber, Konstantin Moderner Maler Ende Öl/Lw. «Kleines Aschebild I». Nahansicht eines erloschenen Feuers in Grau- ... | starting price: 900,- EUR | ||
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2108 (Autumn Auction 27.–29.11.2008) Weber, Paul 1823 Darmstadt - 1916 München. Öl/Lw. «Bei Pang (Oberbayern)». Blick auf das geöffnete Gatter einer Weide am ... | starting price: 2000,- EUR | |||
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1688 (Spring Auction 05.–07.06.2008) Weber, C. Philip wohl Um 1849 Darmstadt - 1921 (?). Öl/Lw., doubl. An einem Bachlauf in idyllischer Landschaft sitzender Hirtenjunge mit ... | starting price: 1200,- EUR | |||
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2111 (Spring Sale Weber, H. Moderner Stilllebenmaler Öl/Lw./Karton. Blumenstillleben mit in hellblauer Balustervase üppig ... | starting price: 200,- EUR | |||
2112 (Spring Sale Weber, Paul Gottlieb Daniel 1823 Darmstadt - 1916 München. Öl/Lw. An das Ufer eines Gebirgssees schäumende Gischt. Im Hintergrund ... | starting price: 1200,- EUR |
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