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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Bei den Netzen, 1914–1914

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Bei den Netzen, 1914–1914

Sale Date: May 6, 2003

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Mädchen mit Blumenvase, 1911–1911

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Mädchen mit Blumenvase, 1911–1911

Sale Date: May 1, 2003

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922–1922

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922–1922

Sale Date: April 12, 2003

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Ostseeküste, 1920–1920

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Ostseeküste, 1920–1920

Sale Date: April 12, 2003

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Frauenkopf, 1922–1922

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Frauenkopf, 1922–1922

Sale Date: April 12, 2003

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Stilleben mit Birnen, Plastik und Krug, 1953–1953

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Stilleben mit Birnen, Plastik und Krug, 1953–1953

Sale Date: April 12, 2003

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Stilleben mit Blumenvase und Flaschen, 1960–1969

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Stilleben mit Blumenvase und Flaschen, 1960–1969

Sale Date: April 5, 2003

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Stilleben mit Flasche, Vase und Glas, 1967–1967

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Stilleben mit Flasche, Vase und Glas, 1967–1967

Sale Date: April 3, 2003

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

Sale Date: March 31, 2003

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Bäume im Winter, 1905–1905

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Bäume im Winter, 1905–1905

Sale Date: March 28, 2003

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Strasse in Rotluff, 1920–1921

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Strasse in Rotluff, 1920–1921

Sale Date: March 25, 2003

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Mädchenkopf, 1923–1923

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Mädchenkopf, 1923–1923

Sale Date: March 4, 2003

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Köpfe II, 1911–1911

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Köpfe II, 1911–1911

Sale Date: March 4, 2003

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Blumenstrauss

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Blumenstrauss

Sale Date: February 27, 2003

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Landschaft, 1949–1949

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Landschaft, 1949–1949

Sale Date: February 6, 2003

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Strand mit Badehütten, 1914–1914

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Strand mit Badehütten, 1914–1914

Sale Date: February 6, 2003

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Russisches Dorf bei Nacht, 1919–1919

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Russisches Dorf bei Nacht, 1919–1919

Sale Date: February 5, 2003

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Leuchtturm an der Ostsee, 1913–1913

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Leuchtturm an der Ostsee, 1913–1913

Sale Date: February 3, 2003

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Kopf, 1915–1915

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Kopf, 1915–1915

Sale Date: December 7, 2002

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922–1922

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922–1922

Sale Date: December 7, 2002

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922–1922

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922–1922

Sale Date: December 7, 2002

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Boote außer Dienst, 1923–1923

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Boote außer Dienst, 1923–1923

Sale Date: December 7, 2002

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Frauenkopf, 1922–1922

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Frauenkopf, 1922–1922

Sale Date: December 7, 2002

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Mädchen vor dem Spiegel, 1914–1914

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Mädchen vor dem Spiegel, 1914–1914

Sale Date: December 7, 2002

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