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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Unterhaltung, 1922–1922

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Unterhaltung, 1922–1922

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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff - Aquarelle aus..., 1946–1946

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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff - Aquarelle aus..., 1946–1946

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Christus unter den Frauen, 1919–1919

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Christus unter den Frauen, 1919–1919

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922–1922

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922–1922

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Trockende Segel, 1913–1913

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Trockende Segel, 1913–1913

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Der große Strauß, 1930–1935

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Der große Strauß, 1930–1935

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Blumen am Atelierfenster, 1966–1966

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Blumen am Atelierfenster, 1966–1966

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Der Angler, 1923–1923

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Der Angler, 1923–1923

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Kopf, 1913–1913

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Kopf, 1913–1913

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Akte, 1913–1913

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Akte, 1913–1913

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Weiblicher Kopf, 1915–1915

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Weiblicher Kopf, 1915–1915

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Blick über die Bucht, 1970–1970

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Blick über die Bucht, 1970–1970

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Ostseeküste, 1920–1920

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Ostseeküste, 1920–1920

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Haus mit Pappeln, 1913–1913

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Haus mit Pappeln, 1913–1913

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Frau mit aufgelöstem Haar, 1913–1913

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Frau mit aufgelöstem Haar, 1913–1913

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Motiv aus Lötzen, 1913–1913

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Motiv aus Lötzen, 1913–1913

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Akt, 1909–1909

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Akt, 1909–1909

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Schiffe im Hafen, 1913–1913

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Schiffe im Hafen, 1913–1913

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II. Kestner-Mappe. Schmidt-Rottluff:..., 1923–1923

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

II. Kestner-Mappe. Schmidt-Rottluff:..., 1923–1923

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Dünen und Mole, 1917–1917

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Dünen und Mole, 1917–1917

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Interieur, 1948–1948

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Interieur, 1948–1948

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Gladiolen, 1939–1939

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Gladiolen, 1939–1939

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Verblühter Mohn

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Verblühter Mohn

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Afrikanische Maske und Stein, 1965–1965

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Afrikanische Maske und Stein, 1965–1965

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