WMF Pewter Goblet Carl Spitzweg Commemorative

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WMF Pewter Goblet  - Carl Spitzweg Commemorative. Dimensions 5.25 inches tall, 2.5" Wide/Deep. Some of the most Beautiful Detail Metal Work ever seen by man... Truly a work of Art and... not just a vessel. If you like exquisitely fine detailed metal work....this is your Goblet. If you are an Artist....Then what are your  waiting for....  Take a Peek at Some of Carl's works on the internet.... You will see why they commemorate this great Painter...
Carl Spitzweg 1808-1885 WMF Pewter drinking vessel was purchased around 1983 in Germany/Austria. Purchased for its fine detail pewter work. Probably some of the best, most detailed, pewter work I have ever seen.
I Purchased just one of these Beautiful Goblets as a keepsake while on vacation..... but now have two of these fine pieces... and not sure how that happened.... Not even a breading pair to be found in the house... I would like to sell this one which appears to be in Mint Shape!
This Beautifully Crafted and Finely Detailed Cup/Goblet Commemorates the Great Romantic German Artist and Painter Carl Spitzweg C.S. artwork is what is on the Cup. One side is Lieberbrief (a Love letter) with another side Der Briefbote "The letter messenger in the Rosenthal"
Carl Spitzweg (also Karl Spitzweg) was born on February, 1808, in Unterpfaffenhofen, Bavaria. In 1825, he successfully completed his education at the humanistic Gymnasium. He then studied pharmacy at the university in Munich. Spitzweg finished his studies with distinction in 1832.
Because of a drawn out illness, he gave up his career and dedicated himself to painting from then on. Spitzweg copied paintings in the "Alte Pinakothek" in Munich and maintained friendships with painters such as Christian Morgenstern, Eduard Schleich the Elder, Dietrich Langko, and Friedrich Voltz. He became a member of the Art Association of Munich in 1835. He sold his first paintings in 1837. He gained inspiration on his numerous educational journeys to Salzburg, Bozen, Meran, Venice und Dalmatia, among other places.
Carl Spitzweg began a lasting friendship with Moritz von Schwind in 1847. Together with Schwind, he visited the World Fair in Paris in 1851. While subsequently visiting London in that year, he was fascinated by the works of John Constable and William Turner. He started seeing some success in 1860.
Carl Spitzweg received the Bavarian Royal Merit Order of St. Michael in 1865. He was inducted as an honorary member of the Academy of Visual Arts in 1868, though he had never attended an art academy himself. Beginning in 1844, he produced many humoristic pictures in the "Fliegende Blätter." In this small format work, he represented the world of the German everyman with loving humor and indulgence as the Biedermeier ideal of "the good ole days." The work which best represents his technical sophistication and unmistakable style is "Der arme Poet" ("The Poor Poet") from 1839.
Carl Spitzweg died on September 23, 1885, in Munich.
Biedermeier style
, in art, transitional periodbetween Neoclassicism and
Romanticism
as itwas interpreted by the
bourgeoisie
,particularly in Germany, Austria, northern Italy, and the Scandinaviancountries. Following the Napoleonic sieges, the Biedermeier style grew during aperiod of economic impoverishment from 1825 to 1835. The name Biedermeierwas
derogatory
becauseit was based on the
caricature
“PapaBiedermeier,” a comic symbol of middle-class comfort. Such comfort emphasizedfamily life and private activities, especially letter writing (givingprominence to the secretary desk) and the pursuit of hobbies. No Biedermeierhousehold was complete without a
piano
as an indispensablepart of the popularized soiree.
Soirees
perpetuatedthe rising middle class’s cultural interests in books, writing, dance, andpoetry readings—all subject matter for Biedermeier painting, which waseither
genre
orhistorical and most often sentimentally treated. The most representativepainters include Franz Krüger,
GeorgFriedrich Kersting,
Julius Oldach,
Carl Spitzweg
,and Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller.
Condition is "Used". Shipped with USPS Priority Mail.