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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Kleine Prophetin, 1919–1919

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Kleine Prophetin, 1919–1919

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Bäume im Winter, 1905–1905

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Bäume im Winter, 1905–1905

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Mädchen mit Tamburin, 1911–1911

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Mädchen mit Tamburin, 1911–1911

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Männlicher Kopf mit geschlossenen..., 1918–1918

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Männlicher Kopf mit geschlossenen..., 1918–1918

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Gang nach Emmaus, 1918–1918

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Gang nach Emmaus, 1918–1918

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Häuser und Bäume im Gebirge, 1925–1925

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Häuser und Bäume im Gebirge, 1925–1925

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Landschaft mit zwei Bäumen und..., 1911–1911

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Landschaft mit zwei Bäumen und..., 1911–1911

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Nacht am Strand, 1920–1920

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Nacht am Strand, 1920–1920

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Kopf F.V., 1920–1920

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Kopf F.V., 1920–1920

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

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Bauernhof mit Heuwagen, 1941–1941

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Bauernhof mit Heuwagen, 1941–1941

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Sommerflieder, 1965–1965

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Sommerflieder, 1965–1965

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Bäume im Garten

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Bäume im Garten

Sale Date: December 2, 2003

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Gruß zum Neujahr, 1936–1936

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Gruß zum Neujahr, 1936–1936

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

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Dünen und Mole, 1917–1917

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Dünen und Mole, 1917–1917

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Emybildnis, 1919–1919

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Emybildnis, 1919–1919

Sale Date: December 2, 2003

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1930

Sale Date: December 2, 2003

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9 Holzschnitte, 1918–1918

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9 Holzschnitte, 1918–1918

Sale Date: December 2, 2003

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10 Holzschnitte, 1914–1918

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10 Holzschnitte, 1914–1918

Sale Date: December 2, 2003

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Boote ausser Dienst, pl.3, 1923–1923

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Boote ausser Dienst, pl.3, 1923–1923

Sale Date: November 29, 2003

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Landschaft mit blauem Haus, 1950–1960

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Landschaft mit blauem Haus, 1950–1960

Sale Date: November 29, 2003

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Frauenkopf, 1907–1907

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Frauenkopf, 1907–1907

Sale Date: November 29, 2003

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Die Heiligen Drei Könige, 1917–1917

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Die Heiligen Drei Könige, 1917–1917

Sale Date: November 29, 2003

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