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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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The Poor Poet (mk09)
1839
Oil on canvas,36.3 x 44.7 cm.Berlin,Nationalgalerie
Painting ID:: 21429
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The_Poor_Poet_(mk09)
1839
Oil on canvas,36.3 x 44.7 cm.Berlin,Nationalgalerie
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The Poor Poet
mk87
1839
Oil on canvas
36.3x44.7cm
Berlin,Nationalgalerie
Painting ID:: 33915
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The_Poor_Poet
mk87
1839
Oil on canvas
36.3x44.7cm
Berlin,Nationalgalerie
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Der Briefbote im Rosenthal
mk92
ca.1858
64x38cm
Marburg,
Univeritatsmuseum fur Kunst
Painting ID:: 34350
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Der_Briefbote_im_Rosenthal
mk92
ca.1858
64x38cm
Marburg,
Univeritatsmuseum fur Kunst
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Street in Venice
mk138
c.1850
Oil on wood
31.5x16cm
Painting ID:: 38660
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Street_in_Venice
mk138
c.1850
Oil on wood
31.5x16cm
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Kite Flying
mk138
c.1880/85
Oil on cardboard
38x12cm
Painting ID:: 38661
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Kite_Flying
mk138
c.1880/85
Oil on cardboard
38x12cm
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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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