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Carl Spitzweg - Paintings

Carl Spitzweg was an important painter, illustrator and graphic artist of the German Romanticism.
Born: 05 February 1808 in Munich
Died: 23 September 1885 in Munich
Carl Spitzweg, who first studies pharmacy in Munich, decides to become a painter after a trip to Italy in 1833. Already in his anecdotal illustrations for satirical newspapers, his special observation skills become visible. Following Dutch genre pictures copied by the autodidact Carl Spitzweg for training purposes at the Munich Pinacotheca, around 1838, he produces his first oil paintings. With great attention to detail, the artist paints small scenes from the bourgeois life. The famous painting “The Poor Poet” shows Spitzweg’s special humor and keen eye for his time. From 1849, he makes a few trips to Prague, Paris and London, where he meets the works of John Constable and Eugene Delacroix. His landscape pictures are then a bit pastier in style and more experimental in color and composition.