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Carl Spitzweg - Der Arme Poet (The Poor Poet)

Der Arme Poet (The Poor Poet)

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1880)
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Carl Spitzweg

Carl Spitzweg was a German romanticist painter, especially of genre subjects. He is considered to be one of the most important artists of the Biedermeier era.

Spitzweg was born in Unterpfaffenhofen, near Munich, Bavaria, the second of three sons of Franziska (née Schmutzer) and Simon Spitzweg. His father, a wealthy merchant, had Carl trained as a pharmacist. He attained his qualification from the University of Munich but, while recovering from an illness, he took up painting.

Spitzweg was self-taught as an artist, starting out by copying the works of Flemish masters. He contributed his first work to satiric magazines. Upon receiving an inheritance in 1833, he was able to dedicate himself to painting.

Later, Spitzweg visited European art centers in Prague, Venice, Paris, London, and Belgium studying the works of various artists and refining his technique and style. His later paintings and drawings are often humorous genre works. Many of his paintings depict sharply characterized eccentrics, for example The Bookworm (1850) and The Hypochondriac (c. 1865, in the Neue Pinakothek, Munich).

His paintings inspired the musical comedy Das kleine Hofkonzert by Edmund Nick.

Spitzweg is buried in the Alter Südfriedhof in Munich.

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Ecke eines Bauernhauses mit rankendem Weinlaub und Blumentöpfen

Ecke eines Bauernhauses mit rankendem Weinlaub und Blumentöpfen (1842)

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1880)
Der Postbote

Der Postbote (1860)

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1880)
Summer house in Meran

Summer house in Meran (1846)

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1880)
Alter Mann auf einer Bank

Alter Mann auf einer Bank (c1865)

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1880)
Felsenstudie

Felsenstudie

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1880)
Nassfeld bei Gastein

Nassfeld bei Gastein

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1880)
Institutsspaziergang

Institutsspaziergang (1876-1880)

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1880)
Studienblatt mit Ballett-Tänzerinnen und Zwergen

Studienblatt mit Ballett-Tänzerinnen und Zwergen (1855-1860)

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1880)
Im Walde (In The Forest)

Im Walde (In The Forest)

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1880)
In Erwartung der Zeitung

In Erwartung der Zeitung (1865-1870)

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1880)
Der Platzkommandant

Der Platzkommandant

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1880)
Tänzerinnen hinter den Kulissen

Tänzerinnen hinter den Kulissen (1860)

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1880)
Gebirgsmühle

Gebirgsmühle

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1880)
Mädchen und Junge am Brunnen

Mädchen und Junge am Brunnen

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1880)
Wanderer in der Gebirgsschlucht bei Gewitter

Wanderer in der Gebirgsschlucht bei Gewitter (Ca. 1860)

Carl Spitzweg (German, 1808-1880)
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