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 Maske, 1933–1933

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Stilleben mit Maske, 1933–1933

Sale Date: November 25, 2000

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Liebespaar, 1920–1920

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Liebespaar, 1920–1920

Sale Date: November 25, 2000

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Mädchenkopf, 1923–1923

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Mädchenkopf, 1923–1923

Sale Date: November 25, 2000

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Silberdisteln

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Silberdisteln

Sale Date: November 25, 2000

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Stilleben, 1913–1913

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Stilleben, 1913–1913

Sale Date: November 24, 2000

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Landschaft mit Pappeln, 1970–1971

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Landschaft mit Pappeln, 1970–1971

Sale Date: November 24, 2000

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Landschaft mit Sonne und kahlen Bäumen, 1920–1920

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Landschaft mit Sonne und kahlen Bäumen, 1920–1920

Sale Date: November 18, 2000

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Gehöft im Moor (Motiv aus Dangaster -..., 1907–1907

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Gehöft im Moor (Motiv aus Dangaster -..., 1907–1907

Sale Date: November 18, 2000

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Frauenkopf, 1915–1915

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Frauenkopf, 1915–1915

Sale Date: November 18, 2000

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Bildnis R.S., 1915–1915

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Bildnis R.S., 1915–1915

Sale Date: November 16, 2000

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Dünen und Mole, 1917–1917

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Dünen und Mole, 1917–1917

Sale Date: November 16, 2000

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Mädchen auf Decke, 1911–1911

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Mädchen auf Decke, 1911–1911

Sale Date: November 16, 2000

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922–1922

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922–1922

Sale Date: November 15, 2000

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Angler, 1923–1923

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Angler, 1923–1923

Sale Date: November 15, 2000

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Mädchenkopf, 1923–1923

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Mädchenkopf, 1923–1923

Sale Date: November 15, 2000

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Still life with potted flower and vase

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Still life with potted flower and vase

Sale Date: November 14, 2000

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Frauenkopf, 1915–1915

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Frauenkopf, 1915–1915

Sale Date: November 13, 2000

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Bei den Netzen, 1914–1914

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Bei den Netzen, 1914–1914

Sale Date: November 11, 2000

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Kopf, 1950–1955

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Kopf, 1950–1955

Sale Date: November 11, 2000

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Abendlicher Wald

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Abendlicher Wald

Sale Date: November 11, 2000

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Christus und Judas, 1918–1918

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Christus und Judas, 1918–1918

Sale Date: November 9, 2000

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Bucht an der Nehrung, 1913–1913

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Bucht an der Nehrung, 1913–1913

Sale Date: October 21, 2000

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Fischerhäuser, 1920–1920

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Fischerhäuser, 1920–1920

Sale Date: October 20, 2000

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Bäuerin mit Kuh, 1922–1922

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Bäuerin mit Kuh, 1922–1922

Sale Date: October 20, 2000

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