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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Stilleben mit Hyazinthe und Mistelzweig

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Stilleben mit Hyazinthe und Mistelzweig

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Sitzendes Mädchen, 1909

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Sitzendes Mädchen, 1909

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Männlicher Kopf, 1917

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Männlicher Kopf, 1917

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Heiliger, 1918

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Heiliger, 1918

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

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

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Quitten, 1956

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Quitten, 1956

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Blühende Petunien, 1925

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Blühende Petunien, 1925

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Sonnenblumen, 1935–1940

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Sonnenblumen, 1935–1940

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Blühende Kakteen, 1925

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Blühende Kakteen, 1925

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Seeleute bei der Arbeit, 1921–1922

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Seeleute bei der Arbeit, 1921–1922

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Stilleben mit Äpfeln und Flasche, 1909–1910

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Stilleben mit Äpfeln und Flasche, 1909–1910

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Frühlingsstrauß

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Frühlingsstrauß

Sale Date: November 23, 2004

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Straße in Rottluff, 1921

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Straße in Rottluff, 1921

Sale Date: November 11, 2004

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Oberbayrische Kirche (Bei Tölz), 1920

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Oberbayrische Kirche (Bei Tölz), 1920

Sale Date: November 11, 2004

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Heiliger Franziskus, 1919

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Heiliger Franziskus, 1919

Sale Date: November 9, 2004

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Stillleben mit Krokustopf, 1954

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Stillleben mit Krokustopf, 1954

Sale Date: October 23, 2004

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Stillleben mit Schale und Vase, 1968

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Stillleben mit Schale und Vase, 1968

Sale Date: October 23, 2004

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Die Heiligen Drei Könige, 1917

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Die Heiligen Drei Könige, 1917

Sale Date: October 22, 2004

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Weidekätzchen, 1940

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Weidekätzchen, 1940

Sale Date: October 22, 2004

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Der Dom zu Limburg, 1937

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Der Dom zu Limburg, 1937

Sale Date: October 22, 2004

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Lesender Mann, 1921–1921

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Lesender Mann, 1921–1921

Sale Date: April 3, 2004

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Elbhafen, 1907–1907

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Elbhafen, 1907–1907

Sale Date: April 3, 2004

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Bäuerin mit Kuh, 1922–1922

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Bäuerin mit Kuh, 1922–1922

Sale Date: September 14, 2004

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Köpfe II, 1911–1911

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Köpfe II, 1911–1911

Sale Date: September 14, 2004

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