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200th birthday of Carl Spitzweg - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 2008 - 55 Euro Cent

Designer: Werner Hans Schmidt

200th birthday of Carl Spitzweg - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 2008 - 55 Euro Cent


Theme: Calender
CountryGermany / Federal Republic of Germany
Issue Date2008
Face Value55.00 
Printing TypeMulticolor offset printing
Stamp TypePostage stamp
Item TypeStamp
Chronological Issue Number2520
Chronological ChapterGER-BRD
SID380146
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Carl Spitzweg is one of the most popular German painters. Born on 5 February 1808 in Unterpfaffenhofen, Spitzweg lived in the so-called Biedermeier period. In many pictures he portrays his contemporaries in their petty-bourgeois milieu. Spitzweg developed the ironic punch-picture in which he portrayed eccentric eccentrics from his time. Probably the most famous example is his painting The Poor Poet, which is reproduced on the stamp reissue. It was the first image with which Spitzweg ventured to take publicity in 1839. As a trained pharmacist, he had never attended an art academy and taught himself to be self-taught. Spitzweg created more than 1,500 pictures and drawings until his death in Munich in 1885.

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Carl Spitzweg is one of the most popular German painters. Born on 5 February 1808 in Unterpfaffenhofen, Spitzweg lived in the so-called Biedermeier period. In many pictures he portrays his contemporaries in their petty-bourgeois milieu. Spitzweg developed the ironic punch-picture in which he portrayed eccentric eccentrics from his time. Probably the most famous example is his painting The Poor Poet, which is reproduced on the stamp reissue. It was the first image with which Spitzweg ventured to take publicity in 1839. As a trained pharmacist, he had never attended an art academy and taught himself to be self-taught. Spitzweg created more than 1,500 pictures and drawings until his death in Munich in 1885..