Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

(German, 1884–1976)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was a German painter and member of the Expressionist movement Die Brücke. His Self-Portrait with Monocle (1910) is a hallmark example of the vivid color, jagged shapes, and unrefined mark-making for which he is best known. Born Karl Schmidt on December 1, 1884 in Chemnitz, Germany, he enrolled at the Dresden Polytechnic University 1905, where he met fellow architecture students Erich Heckel, Fritz Bleyl, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Together with his peers he founded Die Brücke, a collective workshop for painting, sculpting, and printmaking. The artist added the name of his hometown, Rottluff, that same year. In 1906, he discontinued his architectural studies and devoted himself solely to his painting practice. Throughout the following decades, after the disbanding of Die Brücke in 1913, the artist spent his summers painting on the Baltic coast and teaching at the Prussian Academy in Berlin. In 1936, he was officially prohibited by the Nazi regime from exhibiting his work. In exile till 1947, he returned to Berlin where he lived out the rest of his life, dying at the age of 92 on August 10, 1976. Today, Schmidt-Rottluff’s works are included in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Städel Musuem in Frankfurt am Main, the Tate Gallery in London, and the Albertina in Vienna, among others.

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Mädchen mit Blumenvase, 1911

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Mädchen mit Blumenvase, 1911

Sale Date: May 26, 2006

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Elbhafen, 1907

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Elbhafen, 1907

Sale Date: May 6, 2006

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Der Angler, 1923

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Der Angler, 1923

Sale Date: May 6, 2006

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Lesender Mann, 1921

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Lesender Mann, 1921

Sale Date: May 6, 2006

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Frauenkopf, 1915–1916

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Frauenkopf, 1915–1916

Sale Date: May 6, 2006

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Stilleben mit Hyazinthe und Mistelzweig, 1953–1954

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Stilleben mit Hyazinthe und Mistelzweig, 1953–1954

Sale Date: March 25, 2006

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Frauenkopf (from Genius), 1916

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Frauenkopf (from Genius), 1916

Sale Date: March 25, 2006

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Dämmerung, 1914

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Dämmerung, 1914

Sale Date: May 6, 2006

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Mädchen mit Blumenvase, 1911

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Mädchen mit Blumenvase, 1911

Sale Date: May 6, 2006

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Blumenstilleben

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Blumenstilleben

Sale Date: May 6, 2006

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Marschlandschaft, 1930–1939

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Marschlandschaft, 1930–1939

Sale Date: May 6, 2006

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Frau am Tisch, 1910

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Frau am Tisch, 1910

Sale Date: April 28, 2006

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Tannen vorm Haus, 1970–1971

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Tannen vorm Haus, 1970–1971

Sale Date: April 29, 2006

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Herbstzweige (Lampionblumen), 1951

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Herbstzweige (Lampionblumen), 1951

Sale Date: April 29, 2006

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Nehrungslandschaft

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Nehrungslandschaft

Sale Date: March 23, 2006

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Waldweg

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Waldweg

Sale Date: March 23, 2006

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Seerosen in Vase, 1940–1944

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Seerosen in Vase, 1940–1944

Sale Date: March 31, 2006

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Stillleben mit Beerenzweigen, 1930–1949

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Stillleben mit Beerenzweigen, 1930–1949

Sale Date: March 31, 2006

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Bäume im Winter, 1905

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Bäume im Winter, 1905

Sale Date: March 31, 2006

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Wolken über dem Meer (Clouds over the sea)

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Wolken über dem Meer (Clouds over the sea)

Sale Date: March 23, 2006

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Waldlandschaft (Wooded landscape)

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Waldlandschaft (Wooded landscape)

Sale Date: March 23, 2006

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Maisfeld (Sheaves of corn)

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Maisfeld (Sheaves of corn)

Sale Date: March 23, 2006

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

Sale Date: March 7, 2006

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Landschaft im Mondschein, 1927

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Landschaft im Mondschein, 1927

Sale Date: March 7, 2006

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