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 mit Muschel, 1950

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Stilleben mit Muschel, 1950

Sale Date: December 2, 2022

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Taunuslandschaft, 1930–1949

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Taunuslandschaft, 1930–1949

Sale Date: December 2, 2022

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Purpurne Gladiole III, 1964

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Purpurne Gladiole III, 1964

Sale Date: December 2, 2022

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Untitled (Apfelbaum auf sommerlicher Wiese), 1971

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Untitled (Apfelbaum auf sommerlicher Wiese), 1971

Sale Date: November 30, 2022

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Margeriten in schwarzer Schale, 1961

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Margeriten in schwarzer Schale, 1961

Sale Date: November 30, 2022

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Rote Blüten in heller Vase, 1961

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Rote Blüten in heller Vase, 1961

Sale Date: November 30, 2022

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Silberdisteln vor grüner Wand, 1961

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Silberdisteln vor grüner Wand, 1961

Sale Date: November 30, 2022

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Blumenstillleben, 1971

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Blumenstillleben, 1971

Sale Date: November 30, 2022

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Sonnenuntergang auf der Föhrde, 1915

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Sonnenuntergang auf der Föhrde, 1915

Sale Date: November 12, 2022

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Münzgasse, 1906

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Münzgasse, 1906

Sale Date: November 12, 2022

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Frauen am Gebüsch, 1923

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Frauen am Gebüsch, 1923

Sale Date: November 12, 2022

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Aus Rowe, 1921

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Aus Rowe, 1921

Sale Date: November 12, 2022

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Flower still life, 1963

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Flower still life, 1963

Sale Date: November 29, 2022

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White jug with cedar branch, 1965

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White jug with cedar branch, 1965

Sale Date: November 29, 2022

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Russischer Wald, 1918

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Russischer Wald, 1918

Sale Date: October 30, 2022

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Landschaft aus Strehlendorf, 1920

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Landschaft aus Strehlendorf, 1920

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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Mann mit Pfeife, 1918

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Mann mit Pfeife, 1918

Sale Date: October 22, 2022

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Landschaft am Lake Lebasee (Landscape at..., 1938

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Landschaft am Lake Lebasee (Landscape at..., 1938

Sale Date: October 19, 2022

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Melancholie, 1914

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Melancholie, 1914

Sale Date: September 29, 2022

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Stilleben mit Pflaumen und Steinmaske, 1953

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Stilleben mit Pflaumen und Steinmaske, 1953

Sale Date: September 25, 2022

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Grosse Prophetin, 1919

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Grosse Prophetin, 1919

Sale Date: September 25, 2022

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Villa mit Turm, 1911

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Villa mit Turm, 1911

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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Trauernde am Strand, 1914

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Trauernde am Strand, 1914

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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Tanne, 1914

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Tanne, 1914

Sale Date: September 28, 2022

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