Artist profile

Carl Spitzweg

1808–1885 · Biedermeier

Carl Spitzweg (1808–1885) worked in the Biedermeier tradition. Their most famous work is The Bookworm.

The Bookworm · c.1850

Set the room

Shape the lesson

The painting adapts to your focus — chosen now: The Bookworm.

CEFR level

Language focus

Pick one thing your students will actually walk out able to do.

Duration

Optional finishEnd with an art response (students make their own)Learners create their own artwork inspired by the painting's style, subject or mood — and use the target language while planning, labelling and presenting it.

A complete lesson, painted around The Bookworm.