The Poor Poet (Carl Spitzweg)

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The Poor Poet is a famous 1839 oil painting by German artist Carl Spitzweg that humorously yet sympathetically depicts an impoverished writer living in a shabby attic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
collection Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
copyrightStatus public domain
countryOfOrigin Germany
creator Carl Spitzweg
depicts attic room
bed with canopy
books
impoverished poet
man lying in bed
man writing or counting syllables
poverty
romanticized bohemian life
shabby interior
stove
umbrella
describedBySource art historical literature on Carl Spitzweg
genre genre painting
satirical painting
hasBeenExhibitedIn Neue Pinakothek permanent collection
hasPart blankets
chimney pipe
ladder
manuscripts
mattress
roof window
hasQuality detailed interior scene
humor
irony
sentimentality
inception 1839
influencedBy Biedermeier bourgeois culture
languageOfTitle German
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Munich
location Neue Pinakothek
mainSubject poet
poverty of artists
materialUsed oil paint
movement Biedermeier
narrativeFocus humorous portrayal of hardship
sympathetic view of a poor intellectual
notableWorkOf Carl Spitzweg
partOf 19th-century German art
support canvas
timePeriodDepicted 19th century
titleInOriginalLanguage Der arme Poet

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Neue Pinakothek hasWork The Poor Poet (Carl Spitzweg)
subject linked to: Neue Pinakothek, Munich