Christian Rohlfs

(German, 1849–1938)

Christian Rohlfs was a pioneering German Expressionist painter and printmaker. Best known for his painterly approach to rendering, Rohlfs’ earlier artistic styles span across Naturalism, Impressionism, and Post-Impressionism before his encounter with Vincent van Gogh’s work, which would profoundly influence his technique for the rest of his career. A contemporary of the Expressionist group Die Brücke, Rohlfs' paintings and woodcuts contain a wide variety of subjects, including landscapes, portraits, still lifes, and street scenes. Around 1900, he began painting with Emil Nolde, and was also influenced by the spontaneous and emotional quality of his friend’s work. Rohlfs was born in Niendorf, Germany on December 22, 1849, and before his death in Hagen, Westfalia on January 8, 1938, he enjoyed both praise and despair, with the town of Hagen opening a Rohlfs Museum in 1929 and the subsequent condemnation as a degenerate and removal of his works from public collections by the Nazis in 1937. Today, his paintings can be found in numerous institutions around the world, including the Art Institute of Chicago, The Museum of Modern Art and The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Folkwang Museum in Germany, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Spain.

Christian Rohlfs Artworks

Christian Rohlfs (34 results)
Kürbisse, 1928

Christian Rohlfs

Kürbisse, 1928

Van Ham Kunstauktionen

Est. 6,000–8,000 EUR

Wettersteingebirge, 1911

Christian Rohlfs

Wettersteingebirge, 1911

Galerie Utermann

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Hockenfeld, 1912

Christian Rohlfs

Hockenfeld, 1912

Galerie Utermann

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Rote Tulpen, 1925

Christian Rohlfs

Rote Tulpen, 1925

Galerie Nierendorf

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Feuerlilien, 1933

Christian Rohlfs

Feuerlilien, 1933

Galerie Nierendorf

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Mondschein am See, 1936

Christian Rohlfs

Mondschein am See, 1936

Galerie Ludorff

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Ascona - Monte Gridone, 1936

Christian Rohlfs

Ascona - Monte Gridone, 1936

Galerie Ludorff

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Hexe mit Rabe

Christian Rohlfs

Hexe mit Rabe

Ron Krausz Kunsthandel

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Päonien auf Blau, 1935

Christian Rohlfs

Päonien auf Blau, 1935

Galerie Ludorff

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