Carl Spitzweg: The Pharmacist Who Painted the Funniest, Gentlest Pictures in Germany

A bookworm perched on a ladder, a wide-eyed man chasing butterflies, a poet freezing in his attic — Carl Spitzweg turned quiet, everyday eccentrics into some of the most loved paintings in the world. Meet the pharmacist who taught himself to paint and became the gentlest, funniest artist of the Biedermeier age.