The Astronomer (Stargazer)

A profound sense of scientific curiosity defines Carl Spitzweg's The Astronomer, a 19th-century masterpiece that invites you to bring the magic of the night sky into your home.


カール・シュピッツヴェーク (1808 - 1885)

カール・シュピッツヴェーク(1808-1885)は、 biedermeier時代を代表するドイツ浪漫主義の画家です。ユーモラスな日常生活描写や「貧しい詩人」などの象徴的な作品を通して、当時の社会と人々の生活を描き出しました。

Grohmann Museum (ミルウォーキー, アメリカ合衆国)

ウィスコンシン州ミルウォーキーのグローマン美術館を探索しましょう。人間の労働の進化を描いた1900点以上の作品を展示しています。カール・シュピッツヴェークの名品を含む、17世紀から21世紀までの芸術に触れられるMSOE内のユニークな美術館です。

Carl Spitzweg repeated this image, and had different titles for different versions. The Astronomer and The Astrologer are traditional titles but in literature we also find The Stargazer or The Starreader (Der Sterndeuter). Two men are in a room in a tower with a large telescope and a globe to the right. Through the window we can see that the night sky is clear. The thin older man in the background is wearing long robes and is adorned with facial hair, his glasses very are thick. They are an attribute of scientists who have weak eyes because they have become well read over time. This weird but scholarly old man who is probably the owner of the