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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Stilleben um das Nashorn, 1953–1954

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Stilleben um das Nashorn, 1953–1954

Sale Date: December 4, 2001

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Liegender weiblicher Akt, 1953–1953

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Liegender weiblicher Akt, 1953–1953

Sale Date: December 4, 2001

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Atelierstilleben mit Kerze und Pinseltopf, 1958–1958

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Atelierstilleben mit Kerze und Pinseltopf, 1958–1958

Sale Date: December 4, 2001

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Landschaft im Mondschein, 1927–1927

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Landschaft im Mondschein, 1927–1927

Sale Date: December 1, 2001

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Waldlandschaft, 1960–1960

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Waldlandschaft, 1960–1960

Sale Date: December 1, 2001

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Calla, 1955–1955

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Calla, 1955–1955

Sale Date: December 1, 2001

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Münzgasse (Dresden), 1906–1906

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Münzgasse (Dresden), 1906–1906

Sale Date: December 1, 2001

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Petri Fischzug, 1918–1918

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Petri Fischzug, 1918–1918

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Seerosen, 1952–1952

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Seerosen, 1952–1952

Sale Date: December 1, 2001

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Kühler März, 1959–1959

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Kühler März, 1959–1959

Sale Date: December 1, 2001

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Blumenstilleben mit Gladiolen, 1967–1967

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Blumenstilleben mit Gladiolen, 1967–1967

Sale Date: December 1, 2001

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Dorfeingang, 1968–1968

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Dorfeingang, 1968–1968

Sale Date: December 1, 2001

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Kaktusblüten, 1971–1971

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Kaktusblüten, 1971–1971

Sale Date: December 1, 2001

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Stilleben mit Hammer, 1950–1955

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Stilleben mit Hammer, 1950–1955

Sale Date: December 1, 2001

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Weisse Lilien, 1971–1971

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Weisse Lilien, 1971–1971

Sale Date: December 1, 2001

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Blumenstilleben, 1966–1966

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Blumenstilleben, 1966–1966

Sale Date: December 1, 2001

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Am Strand, 1960–1960

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Am Strand, 1960–1960

Sale Date: December 1, 2001

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Frau mit Kind am Strand

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Frau mit Kind am Strand

Sale Date: December 1, 2001

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Wetterdisteln, 1961–1961

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Wetterdisteln, 1961–1961

Sale Date: November 30, 2001

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Der Garten Edwin Redslobs in Babelsberg, 1930–1930

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Der Garten Edwin Redslobs in Babelsberg, 1930–1930

Sale Date: November 30, 2001

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Blumenstilleben, 1960–1960

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Blumenstilleben, 1960–1960

Sale Date: November 30, 2001

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Seerosen II, 1946–1946

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Seerosen II, 1946–1946

Sale Date: November 30, 2001

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Arbeiterkopf, 1923–1923

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Arbeiterkopf, 1923–1923

Sale Date: November 27, 2001

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Blumenstilleben mit Fruchtschale, 1954–1954

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Blumenstilleben mit Fruchtschale, 1954–1954

Sale Date: November 17, 2001

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