Carl Spitzweg

Carl Spitzweg 1808 - 1885 Schulkinder auf dem Heimweg. Um 1860. Oil on canvas. Signed and with the initials in the lower left. 32 x 54 cm (12.5 x 21.2 in). [AW]. • Spitzweg’s skills become evident in the unique interplay between atmospheric landscape and anecdotal figure depiction. • He masterfully uses light and shadow to create a transparent atmospheric perspective. • The self-taught artist Carl Spitzweg developed his unmistakable style between Biedermeier and Late Romanticism. • Works by Spitzweg are in renowned museums such as the Neue Pinakothek in Munich, the Staatsgalerie in Stuttgart, and the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin. PROVENANCE: Private collection, Southern Germany. LITERATURE: Günther Roennefahrt, Carl Spitzweg. Beschreibendes Verzeichnis seiner Gemälde, Ölstudien und Aquarelle, Munich 1960, CR no. 484 (with black-and-white illustration on p. 187). Siegfried Wichmann, Carl Spitzweg. Verzeichnis der Werke. Gemälde und Aquarelle, Stuttgart 2002, CR no. 1038 (with b&w ill. on p. 424; measurements incorrectly stated). - - Eugen Kalkschmidt, Carl Spitzweg und seine Welt, 4th ed., Munich 1966, p. 98 (with ill. 67). Called up: December 5, 2026 - ca. 13.17 h +/- 20 min.

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