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 Maherinnen im Gebirge oil


Maherinnen im Gebirge
Painting ID::  86183
Maherinnen im Gebirge
Ca. 1858. Oil on canvas. 56.8 x 43.4 cm cjr
Ca._1858._Oil_on_canvas._56.8__x__43.4_cm cjr
   
   
     

Carl Spitzweg Der Bettelmusikant oil


Der Bettelmusikant
Painting ID::  66213
Der Bettelmusikant
1860-1865 41,1 x 12,9 cm
1860-1865 41,1_x_12,9_cm
   
   
     

Carl Spitzweg Der Klapperstorch oil


Der Klapperstorch
Painting ID::  66214
Der Klapperstorch
41 x 12,5 cm 1885
41_x_12,5_cm 1885
   
   
     

Carl Spitzweg Der Sonntagsspaziergang oil


Der Sonntagsspaziergang
Painting ID::  66218
Der Sonntagsspaziergang
28 x 34 cm 1841
28_x_34_cm 1841
   
   
     

Carl Spitzweg Rast auf dem Weinberg oil


Rast auf dem Weinberg
Painting ID::  66219
Rast auf dem Weinberg
c. 1845 39 x 31 cm (15.35 x 12.20 in)
c._1845 39_x_31_cm_(15.35_x_12.20_in)
   
   
     

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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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