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Carl Spitzweg
Carl Spitzweg was a German romantic painter, especially of genre subjects. He is considered to be one of the most important artists of the Biedermeier era.
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culture · German painter (1808–1885) · painter · writer · poet · also Carl Spitzweg, Spitzweg, karl v. spitzweg, franz spitzweg, spitzweg karl, spitzweg c.
Born 5 February 1808 · Died 23 September 1885 · Q164979
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
mainpost: Kochen mit Carl Spitzweg
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2020· 1 entry
MutualArt.com: Carl Spitzweg and the Poetic Justice of Restituted Art
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2017· 1 entry
Westdeutsche Zeitung: Wuppertaler Meisterwerke Carl Spitzweg - „Der Geologe“: Zwischen Rationalität und Natur
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2012· 1 entry
ZEIT: Carl Spitzweg : Das Lieblingsbild der Deutschen
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2008· 1 entry
Morgenpost: Carl Spitzweg war kein Spießer
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1885· 1 entry
Died 1885-09-23.
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1835· 1 entry
Became a member of the Munich Art Association
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1833· 1 entry
Spitzweg gave up his career as a pharmacist
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1829· 1 entry
Worked in the “Löwenapotheke” in the city of Straubing
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1828· 1 entry
During the last year of his apprenticeship, his father died
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1824· 1 entry
Left the high school, today's Wilhelmsgymnasium, after the second (of four) high school years
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1819· 1 entry
In same year, his father married his late wife's sister, Maria Krescence
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1808· 1 entry
Born 1808-02-05.
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