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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Nachmittagssonne im Taunus, 1959

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Nachmittagssonne im Taunus, 1959

Sale Date: November 26, 2005

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Stilleben mit Äpfeln und Orangen, 1950

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Stilleben mit Äpfeln und Orangen, 1950

Sale Date: November 26, 2005

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Schnee auf dem Balkon von Hanna Bekker vom..., 1932

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Schnee auf dem Balkon von Hanna Bekker vom..., 1932

Sale Date: November 26, 2005

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Die Heiligen Drei Könige (from Zehn..., 1917

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Die Heiligen Drei Könige (from Zehn..., 1917

Sale Date: November 26, 2005

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Blumenpflückende Frauen, 1910

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Blumenpflückende Frauen, 1910

Sale Date: November 26, 2005

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Haus an der Strassenkurve, 1911

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Haus an der Strassenkurve, 1911

Sale Date: November 25, 2005

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Mädchen aus Kowno, pl. X (from Zehn..., 1918

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Mädchen aus Kowno, pl. X (from Zehn..., 1918

Sale Date: November 10, 2005

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Katzen, 1915

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Katzen, 1915

Sale Date: November 3, 2005

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Der Angler, 1923

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Der Angler, 1923

Sale Date: September 23, 2005

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Manus Offizin Fritz Voigt, Berlin, 1919

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Manus Offizin Fritz Voigt, Berlin, 1919

Sale Date: October 28, 2005

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Ex Libris Hans Diederich, 1919

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Ex Libris Hans Diederich, 1919

Sale Date: October 28, 2005

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Bäuerin mit Kuh, 1922

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Bäuerin mit Kuh, 1922

Sale Date: October 28, 2005

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Gespräch vom Tod, 1920

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Gespräch vom Tod, 1920

Sale Date: October 28, 2005

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Frauenkopf, 1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916

Sale Date: October 29, 2005

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Heiliger, 1918

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Heiliger, 1918

Sale Date: October 22, 2005

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Christus und Judas, 1918–1919

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Christus und Judas, 1918–1919

Sale Date: October 22, 2005

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Frauenkopf, 1915–1916

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Frauenkopf, 1915–1916

Sale Date: October 22, 2005

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Heiliger Franziskus, 1919

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Heiliger Franziskus, 1919

Sale Date: October 29, 2005

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Dünenkap, 1950–1959

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Dünenkap, 1950–1959

Sale Date: October 29, 2005

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Im Schwarzwald, frühmorgens, 1960

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Im Schwarzwald, frühmorgens, 1960

Sale Date: October 29, 2005

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Ostseeküste, 1920

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Ostseeküste, 1920

Sale Date: April 23, 2004

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Gespräch vom Tod, 1920

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Gespräch vom Tod, 1920

Sale Date: April 23, 2004

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Hockendes Mädchen, 1914

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Hockendes Mädchen, 1914

Sale Date: June 16, 2005

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Landschaft mit Sonne und kahlen Bäumen, 1920

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Landschaft mit Sonne und kahlen Bäumen, 1920

Sale Date: June 16, 2005

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