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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Lago Maggio, 1930–1930

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Lago Maggio, 1930–1930

Sale Date: June 28, 2003

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Stilleben mit Hyazinthe und Mistelzweig, 1954–1954

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Stilleben mit Hyazinthe und Mistelzweig, 1954–1954

Sale Date: June 25, 2003

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Koralle und Schneckenhäuser, 1961–1963

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Koralle und Schneckenhäuser, 1961–1963

Sale Date: June 20, 2003

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Katzen, 1915–1915

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Katzen, 1915–1915

Sale Date: June 20, 2003

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Treppenweg an der Steilküste, 1970–1970

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Treppenweg an der Steilküste, 1970–1970

Sale Date: June 20, 2003

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

Sale Date: June 14, 2003

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Nacht am Strand, 1920–1920

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Nacht am Strand, 1920–1920

Sale Date: June 14, 2003

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II. Kestner-Mappe, 1923–1923

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II. Kestner-Mappe, 1923–1923

Sale Date: June 14, 2003

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Kopf F.V., 1920–1920

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Kopf F.V., 1920–1920

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Dangster Fischer, 1909–1909

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Dangster Fischer, 1909–1909

Sale Date: June 14, 2003

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Liegendes Mädchen, 1912–1912

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Liegendes Mädchen, 1912–1912

Sale Date: June 14, 2003

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Zwei Männer am Tisch, 1923–1923

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Zwei Männer am Tisch, 1923–1923

Sale Date: June 14, 2003

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Kopf (I. Fassung), 1915–1915

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Kopf (I. Fassung), 1915–1915

Sale Date: June 14, 2003

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Dünen und Mole, 1917–1917

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Dünen und Mole, 1917–1917

Sale Date: June 14, 2003

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Der Angler, 1923–1923

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Der Angler, 1923–1923

Sale Date: June 14, 2003

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Heiliger Franziskus, 1919–1919

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Heiliger Franziskus, 1919–1919

Sale Date: June 14, 2003

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Kleine Prophetin, 1919–1919

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Kleine Prophetin, 1919–1919

Sale Date: June 14, 2003

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Emmaus, 1918–1918

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Emmaus, 1918–1918

Sale Date: June 14, 2003

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Feuerlilien in weißem Krug, 1966–1966

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Feuerlilien in weißem Krug, 1966–1966

Sale Date: June 14, 2003

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Holzschnitt für das Spiel Christa, pl.2, 1918–1918

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Holzschnitt für das Spiel Christa, pl.2, 1918–1918

Sale Date: June 6, 2003

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Blaue Beeren, 1958–1958

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Blaue Beeren, 1958–1958

Sale Date: June 6, 2003

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922–1922

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922–1922

Sale Date: June 4, 2003

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Kopf (Frauenkopf), 1915–1915

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Kopf (Frauenkopf), 1915–1915

Sale Date: June 4, 2003

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Gedicht von E. v. Sydow:..., 1919–1919

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Gedicht von E. v. Sydow:..., 1919–1919

Sale Date: June 4, 2003

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