
Carl Spitzweg Painting Reproductions Gallery 1 of 1
1808-1885German Romantic Painter
Carl Spitzweg (February 5, 1808 - September 23, 1885) was a German romanticist painter and poet. He is considered to be one of the most important representatives of the Biedermeier era.
He was born in Unterpfaffenhofen as the second of three sons of Franziska and Simon Spitzweg. His father, a wealthy merchant, had Carl trained as a pharmacist. He took up painting after an illness, and was self-taught, beginning by copying the works of Flemish masters. He contributed his first work to satiric magazines.
Later, Spitzweg visited European art centers, studying the works of various artists and refining his technique and style; he visited Prague, Venice, Paris, London, and Belgium. His later paintings and drawings are often humorous and eccentric portraits.
7 Paintings of Carl Spitzweg
Public Collection
The Book Worm
$604
$47.90
Louvre Museum Paris France
Reading the Breviary, The Evening
$578
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Wallraf-Richartz-Museum Cologne Germany
The Flute Recital
$552
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Neue Pinakothek Munich Germany
The Convent-School Outing
$791
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Neue Pinakothek Munich Germany
The Poor Poet
$747
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Private Collection
The Two Bosom Buddies
$552
$47.90