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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Lesender Mann, 1921–1921

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Lesender Mann, 1921–1921

Sale Date: December 3, 2002

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Ostseeküste, 1920–1920

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Ostseeküste, 1920–1920

Sale Date: May 25, 2004

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Stilleben mit Plastik, Birnen und Krug, 1953–1954

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Stilleben mit Plastik, Birnen und Krug, 1953–1954

Sale Date: May 25, 2004

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Küstenlandschaft bei Jershöft, 1922–1922

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Küstenlandschaft bei Jershöft, 1922–1922

Sale Date: June 18, 2004

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Memel II, 1914–1914

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Memel II, 1914–1914

Sale Date: June 18, 2004

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Trauernde am Strand, 1914–1914

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Trauernde am Strand, 1914–1914

Sale Date: June 18, 2004

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Märkischer See, 1915–1915

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Märkischer See, 1915–1915

Sale Date: June 18, 2004

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Zwei kauernde weibliche Akte, 1912–1912

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Zwei kauernde weibliche Akte, 1912–1912

Sale Date: June 18, 2004

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Holzschnitte, 1918–1918

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Holzschnitte, 1918–1918

Sale Date: June 30, 2004

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Stilleben mit Blumen und Flasche, 1935–1935

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Stilleben mit Blumen und Flasche, 1935–1935

Sale Date: June 23, 2004

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Blüten in Glasvase, 1962–1962

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Blüten in Glasvase, 1962–1962

Sale Date: June 23, 2004

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Blumenstilleben (Still life with flowers), 1961–1961

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Blumenstilleben (Still life with flowers), 1961–1961

Sale Date: June 22, 2004

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Wolkenhimmel

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Wolkenhimmel

Sale Date: June 12, 2004

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Sonniger Wald, 1945–1945

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Sonniger Wald, 1945–1945

Sale Date: June 12, 2004

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Mädchen mit Tamburin, 1911–1911

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Mädchen mit Tamburin, 1911–1911

Sale Date: June 12, 2004

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Mädchen aus Kowno, pl.10, 1918–1918

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Mädchen aus Kowno, pl.10, 1918–1918

Sale Date: June 12, 2004

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Stilleben mit Flaschen und Krügen, 1940–1950

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Stilleben mit Flaschen und Krügen, 1940–1950

Sale Date: June 12, 2004

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Akte vor dem Vorhang, 1911–1911

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Akte vor dem Vorhang, 1911–1911

Sale Date: June 10, 2004

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Hockendes Mädchen, 1914–1914

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Hockendes Mädchen, 1914–1914

Sale Date: June 10, 2004

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Kopf, 1914–1914

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Kopf, 1914–1914

Sale Date: June 10, 2004

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Blumenstilleben, 1971–1971

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Blumenstilleben, 1971–1971

Sale Date: June 12, 2004

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Rohr im See (Lebasee), 1934–1934

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Rohr im See (Lebasee), 1934–1934

Sale Date: June 12, 2004

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Frühlingsstrauß, 1965–1965

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Frühlingsstrauß, 1965–1965

Sale Date: June 10, 2004

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Mädchen auf Decke, 1911–1911

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Mädchen auf Decke, 1911–1911

Sale Date: June 10, 2004

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