Carl Spitzweg

German Painter, 1808-1885 German painter. He trained (1825-8), at his father's insistence, as a pharmacist, by 1829 becoming manager of a pharmacy in the Straubing district of Munich. From 1830 to 1832 he made advanced studies in pharmacy, botany and chemistry at the University of Munich, passing his final examination with distinction. On receiving a large legacy in 1833, which made him financially independent, he decided to become a painter. He had drawn since the age of 15 and had frequented artistic circles since the late 1820s; but he had no professional training as a painter. He learnt much from contacts with young Munich landscape painters such as Eduard Schleich the elder and produced his first oil paintings in 1834. In 1835 he became a member of the Munich Kunstverein but left two years later due to disappointment over the reception of the first version of the Poor Poet (1837; Munich, Neue Pin.; second version 1839; Berlin, Neue N.G.), a scene of gently humorous pathos that has since become his most celebrated work. Spitzweg's decision to leave the Kunstverein, however, was also encouraged by his first successful attempts to sell his paintings independently. In 1839 he travelled to Dalmatia, where he made sketches that he used for many later works on Turkish themes (e.g. the Turkish Coffee House, c. 1860; Munich, Schack-Gal.). From the 1840s he travelled regularly, usually with his close friend, the painter Schleich, both within Bavaria and to Austria and Switzerland and also to the Adriatic coast, especially to Trieste.


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Carl Spitzweg Institutsausflug oil


Institutsausflug
Painting ID::  87679
Institutsausflug
1885(1885) Medium Oil on wood cyf
1885(1885) _ Medium_Oil_on_wood _ cyf
   
   
     

Carl Spitzweg Der Briefbote im Rosenthal oil


Der Briefbote im Rosenthal
Painting ID::  88157
Der Briefbote im Rosenthal
c. 1858(1858) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 73,5 x 46,5 cm cjr
   
   
     

Carl Spitzweg The Angler oil


The Angler
Painting ID::  88581
The Angler
first half of 19th century Medium Oil on wood cyf
first_half_of_19th_century _ Medium_Oil_on_wood _ cyf
   
   
     

Carl Spitzweg Das Auge des Gesetzes oil


Das Auge des Gesetzes
Painting ID::  88868
Das Auge des Gesetzes
1865 / 1870 Medium Oil on wood cyf
1865_/_1870 _ Medium_Oil_on_wood _ cyf
   
   
     

Carl Spitzweg Streitende Einsiedler oil


Streitende Einsiedler
Painting ID::  88869
Streitende Einsiedler
1870(1870) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
1870(1870) _ Medium_Oil_on_canvas _ cyf
   
   
     

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     Carl Spitzweg
     German Painter, 1808-1885 German painter. He trained (1825-8), at his father's insistence, as a pharmacist, by 1829 becoming manager of a pharmacy in the Straubing district of Munich. From 1830 to 1832 he made advanced studies in pharmacy, botany and chemistry at the University of Munich, passing his final examination with distinction. On receiving a large legacy in 1833, which made him financially independent, he decided to become a painter. He had drawn since the age of 15 and had frequented artistic circles since the late 1820s; but he had no professional training as a painter. He learnt much from contacts with young Munich landscape painters such as Eduard Schleich the elder and produced his first oil paintings in 1834. In 1835 he became a member of the Munich Kunstverein but left two years later due to disappointment over the reception of the first version of the Poor Poet (1837; Munich, Neue Pin.; second version 1839; Berlin, Neue N.G.), a scene of gently humorous pathos that has since become his most celebrated work. Spitzweg's decision to leave the Kunstverein, however, was also encouraged by his first successful attempts to sell his paintings independently. In 1839 he travelled to Dalmatia, where he made sketches that he used for many later works on Turkish themes (e.g. the Turkish Coffee House, c. 1860; Munich, Schack-Gal.). From the 1840s he travelled regularly, usually with his close friend, the painter Schleich, both within Bavaria and to Austria and Switzerland and also to the Adriatic coast, especially to Trieste.

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