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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Tannen vorm Haus, 1938–1938

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Tannen vorm Haus, 1938–1938

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1930

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Bäume und Mond, 1923–1923

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Bäume und Mond, 1923–1923

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1930

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Steilküste, 1960–1969

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Steilküste, 1960–1969

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Kühler März, 1959–1959

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Kühler März, 1959–1959

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Kugelvase mit Tulpen

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Kugelvase mit Tulpen

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Mädchen mit dem Tamburin, 1911–1911

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Mädchen mit dem Tamburin, 1911–1911

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Bildnis Valentiner II, 1923–1923

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Bildnis Valentiner II, 1923–1923

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Menschen am Strand, 1914–1914

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Menschen am Strand, 1914–1914

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Laggo Maggiore, 1930–1930

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Laggo Maggiore, 1930–1930

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Hockende Frau, 1913–1913

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Hockende Frau, 1913–1913

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Blumenstilleben (Rote Blüten in einem..., 1945–1945

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Blumenstilleben (Rote Blüten in einem..., 1945–1945

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Petri Fischzug, 1918–1918

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Petri Fischzug, 1918–1918

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Kleine Prophetin, 1919–1919

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Kleine Prophetin, 1919–1919

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Kopf, 1921–1921

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Kopf, 1921–1921

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Maria, pl.7, 1918–1918

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Maria, pl.7, 1918–1918

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Bubenbildnis, 1907–1907

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Bubenbildnis, 1907–1907

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Stilleben mit Blumenvase und Flasche, 1971–1971

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Stilleben mit Blumenvase und Flasche, 1971–1971

Sale Date: May 15, 2003

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Landschaft mit Sitzender Figur (Landscape with...

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Landschaft mit Sitzender Figur (Landscape with...

Sale Date: May 7, 2003

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Heimkehr der Fischer II, pl.1, 1923–1923

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Heimkehr der Fischer II, pl.1, 1923–1923

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Russische Landschaft, 1919–1919

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Russische Landschaft, 1919–1919

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Frauenkopf, 1907–1907

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Frauenkopf, 1907–1907

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Modell, 1911–1911

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Modell, 1911–1911

Sale Date: May 6, 2003

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