Carl Spitzweg (1808 - 1885) was a Munich-born German romanticist,
most famous for his paintings reflecting, with sympathetic humor, aspects
of middle-class German life in the Nineteenth Century. Among his best known
paintings are The
Poor Poet, The
Bookworm, The
Love Letter, and Serenade.
More Spitzweg at these great sites: Ronny's
Gallery and Rosenkranz's
Art and Engineering site.
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