Carl Spitzweg's universePoets under the roof, absorbed scholars and tiny walkers compose a tender and ironic chronicle of German bourgeois life.
1808 - 1885Artist's life
Munich and European travelCenter and horizons
Genre scene, landscape and satirical drawingDirectory
> 1,500Paintings and drawings created - overall estimate
Hand paintedReal oil painting, no print.
Formats of your choiceA composition adapted to the dimensions ordered.
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1808 -1885 · Biedermeier and German romanticism
Poets under the roof, absorbed scholars and tiny walkers compose a tender and ironic chronicle of German bourgeois life.
Born near Munich in 1808, Carl Spitzweg studied pharmacy and worked as an apothecary before choosing painting. Largely self-taught, he copied the old masters, traveled to Europe and collaborated with the satirical magazine Fliegende Blätter. His small formats observe the originals, dreamers and scholars of the Biedermeier world with discreet humor. In his late landscapes, the touch becomes lighter and the light announces a sensitivity close to impressionism. The "Carl Spitzweg" selection notably compares The Bookworm and The Poor Poet. His reading favors color.
Spitzweg looks at his characters with irony, but never without tenderness: their isolation becomes a form of freedom.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Born near Munich in 1808, Carl Spitzweg studied pharmacy and worked as an apothecary before choosing painting. Largely self-taught, he copied the old masters, traveled to Europe and collaborated with the satirical magazine Fliegende Blätter. His small formats observe the originals, dreamers and scholars of the Biedermeier world with discreet humor. In his late landscapes, the touch becomes lighter and the light announces a sensitivity close to impressionism.
The pharmacist designer
During his studies and work in pharmacy, Spitzweg filled his notebooks with faces, characters and observed scenes. This milestone sheds light on the "Carl Spitzweg" collection by favoring color.
The choice of paint
Self-taught, he developed his first Biedermeier subjects and painted Le Pauvre Poète in 1839, soon to be emblematic.
Humor and light
The small narrative scenes alternate with landscapes with a freer, clearer and more atmospheric touch.
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Humor
A gesture, an object or a disproportion gently reveals the character's quirks. This trait guides a color-centered reading of "Carl Spitzweg".
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Small theater
Attics, libraries and alleys frame the action like miniature settings.
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Lonely
Poets, researchers and collectors live in an absorbing universe that protects them from the world.
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Light
A window or a gap in the sky illuminates precisely the detail that carries the story.
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Six readings specific to Carl Spitzweg
Works, visual language and historical landmarks make up a journey exclusively devoted to Carl Spitzweg.
Bibliophile01
The Bookworm
Perched on the shelves, the reader forgets the world and transforms scholarship into a comic adventure.
Landmark work by Carl Spitzweg. Reading "Carl Spitzweg" through color.Bohemian02
The Poor Poet
Under his umbrella installed in the attic, the poet protects his verses and his imagination from a precarious daily life.
Landmark work by Carl SpitzwegNaturalist03
The Butterfly Hunter
The collector, tiny in front of the vegetation and the butterflies, hesitates between scientific surprise and wonder.
Landmark work by Carl SpitzwegScience04
The Naturalist
Absorbed by his observation, the scholar embodies both modern curiosity and the charm of solitary passions.
Landmark work by Carl SpitzwegStyle05
Humor
A gesture, an object or a disproportion gently reveals the character's quirks. This trait guides a color-centered reading of "Carl Spitzweg".
Reading key for Carl SpitzwegStyle06
Small theater
Attics, libraries and alleys frame the action like miniature settings.
Reading key for Carl Spitzweg
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