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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Köpfe II, 1911–1911

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Köpfe II, 1911–1911

Sale Date: May 2, 2002

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Stilleben mit Hyazinthe und mistelzweig, 1953–1954

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Stilleben mit Hyazinthe und mistelzweig, 1953–1954

Sale Date: May 2, 2002

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Arcegno, 1953–1954

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Arcegno, 1953–1954

Sale Date: May 2, 2002

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Kündung

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Kündung

Sale Date: May 2, 2002

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Boote außer Dienst, pl.5, 1923–1923

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Boote außer Dienst, pl.5, 1923–1923

Sale Date: March 23, 2002

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Ostseelandschaft, 1970–1972

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Ostseelandschaft, 1970–1972

Sale Date: March 21, 2002

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Kopf

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Kopf

Sale Date: January 25, 2002

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Arcegno, 1953–1954

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Arcegno, 1953–1954

Sale Date: January 25, 2002

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1923–1923

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1923–1923

Sale Date: January 25, 2002

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Stadtbild aus Soest, 1922–1922

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Stadtbild aus Soest, 1922–1922

Sale Date: January 25, 2002

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Straße in Rottluff, 1921–1921

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Straße in Rottluff, 1921–1921

Sale Date: December 8, 2001

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Gespräch mit dem Tod, 1920–1920

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Gespräch mit dem Tod, 1920–1920

Sale Date: December 8, 2001

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Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1954–1954

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1954–1954

Sale Date: December 8, 2001

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Dünen und Mole, 1917–1917

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Dünen und Mole, 1917–1917

Sale Date: December 8, 2001

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Sonnenuntergang auf der Förde, 1915–1915

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Sonnenuntergang auf der Förde, 1915–1915

Sale Date: December 8, 2001

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Dangster Fischer, 1909–1909

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Dangster Fischer, 1909–1909

Sale Date: December 8, 2001

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Selbstbildnis, 1957–1957

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Selbstbildnis, 1957–1957

Sale Date: December 8, 2001

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Goldlack

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Goldlack

Sale Date: December 8, 2001

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Straße mit Schuppen und Bäumen, 1918–1918

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Straße mit Schuppen und Bäumen, 1918–1918

Sale Date: December 8, 2001

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Arcegno, 1953–1953

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Arcegno, 1953–1953

Sale Date: December 7, 2001

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Blumen

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Blumen

Sale Date: December 7, 2001

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Stilleben mit schiefem Krug

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Stilleben mit schiefem Krug

Sale Date: December 7, 2001

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Frauenkopf, 1922–1922

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Frauenkopf, 1922–1922

Sale Date: December 4, 2001

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Stilleben mit Hyazinthe und Mistelzweig, 1953–1954

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Stilleben mit Hyazinthe und Mistelzweig, 1953–1954

Sale Date: December 4, 2001

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