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Carl Spitzweg

1808 - 1885

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Franz Carl Spitzweg (auch Karl Spitzweg; * 5. Februar 1808 in München; † 23. September 1885 ebenda) war ein deutscher Maler und Zeichner. Er gilt als bedeutender Kunstmaler der Spätromantik und des Biedermeiers. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2024). Carl Spitzweg is the 316th most popular maler (up from 321st in 2024), the 827th most popular biography from Germany (up from 866th in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Maler.

Carl Spitzweg is most famous for his paintings of Bavarian life.

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Among Malers

Among malers, Carl Spitzweg ranks 316 out of 2,023. Before him are Karel van Mander, Lorenzo Costa, František Kupka, Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Daniele da Volterra, and Pierre Mignard. After him are Shitao, Anton Mauve, Giacomo Balla, Il Sodoma, Vasily Vereshchagin, and Federico Barocci.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1808, Carl Spitzweg ranks 15. Before him are Frederick VII of Denmark, Emir Abdelkader, Gérard de Nerval, Johann Gustav Droysen, David Strauss, and Maria Malibran. After him are Mohammad Shah Qajar, Thomas Cook, George Robert Gray, Princess Louise of Prussia, Nimatullah Kassab, and Wilhelm Weitling. Among people deceased in 1885, Carl Spitzweg ranks 10. Before him are Ferdinand II of Portugal, Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, Muhammad Ahmad, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, and Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia. After him are Jens Peter Jacobsen, Rosalía de Castro, L'Inconnue de la Seine, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Charles George Gordon, and Thomas Andrews.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Spitzweg ranks 827 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich List (1789), Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg (1414), Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (1636), Johann Tetzel (1460), and Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852). After him are Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750), Wilhelm Hauff (1802), Ludwig Quidde (1858), Wolfgang Schäuble (1942), Hermann Cohen (1842), and Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (1946).

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Among Malers In Germany

Among malers born in Germany, Carl Spitzweg ranks 27. Before him are George Grosz (1893), August Macke (1887), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805), Hans Holbein the Elder (1465), Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937), and Erwin Bowien (1899). After him are Max Beckmann (1884), Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876), Max Liebermann (1847), Anna Maria van Schurman (1607), Philipp Otto Runge (1777), and Joseph Karl Stieler (1781).

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