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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Pelargonientopf mit Flasche II, 1951–1951

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Pelargonientopf mit Flasche II, 1951–1951

Sale Date: June 1, 2001

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Stilleben mit Blaudistel und Fruchtschale, 1958–1958

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Stilleben mit Blaudistel und Fruchtschale, 1958–1958

Sale Date: June 1, 2001

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Stilleben

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Stilleben

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Waldlandschaft

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Waldlandschaft

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Stilleben mit Gefässen, 1963–1963

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Stilleben mit Gefässen, 1963–1963

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Am hohen Ufer, 1965–1965

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Am hohen Ufer, 1965–1965

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Die Lebensgeschichte, 1922–1922

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Die Lebensgeschichte, 1922–1922

Sale Date: May 19, 2001

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Kuss in Liebe, 1918–1918

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Kuss in Liebe, 1918–1918

Sale Date: May 19, 2001

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Küstenlandschaft, 1955–1955

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Küstenlandschaft, 1955–1955

Sale Date: May 19, 2001

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Landschaft mit Kirche, 1944–1944

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Landschaft mit Kirche, 1944–1944

Sale Date: May 19, 2001

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Blumenstilleben auf dem Balkon, 1967–1967

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Blumenstilleben auf dem Balkon, 1967–1967

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Arbeiter, 1921–1921

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Arbeiter, 1921–1921

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Selbstbildnis, 1957–1957

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Selbstbildnis, 1957–1957

Sale Date: May 19, 2001

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Haus in hügeliger Landschaft, 1950–1959

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Haus in hügeliger Landschaft, 1950–1959

Sale Date: May 17, 2001

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Weiblicher Kopf, 1915–1915

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Weiblicher Kopf, 1915–1915

Sale Date: May 12, 2001

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Kopf, 1918–1918

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Kopf, 1918–1918

Sale Date: May 12, 2001

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Waldinneres, 1933–1933

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Waldinneres, 1933–1933

Sale Date: May 11, 2001

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Christus, 1918–1918

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Christus, 1918–1918

Sale Date: May 10, 2001

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Mädchen vor dem Spiegel, 1914–1914

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Mädchen vor dem Spiegel, 1914–1914

Sale Date: May 4, 2001

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Memel II, 1914–1914

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Memel II, 1914–1914

Sale Date: May 1, 2001

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Haus mit Pappeln, 1913–1913

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Haus mit Pappeln, 1913–1913

Sale Date: May 1, 2001

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Drei am Tisch, 1914–1914

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Drei am Tisch, 1914–1914

Sale Date: April 25, 2001

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Christus unter den Frauen, 1919–1919

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Christus unter den Frauen, 1919–1919

Sale Date: April 7, 2001

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Kleine Prophetin, 1919–1919

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Kleine Prophetin, 1919–1919

Sale Date: April 7, 2001

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