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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Mädchen mit Blumenvase, 1911–1911

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Mädchen mit Blumenvase, 1911–1911

Sale Date: November 3, 1999

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Kopf, 1915–1915

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Kopf, 1915–1915

Sale Date: October 26, 1999

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Stillleben mit Krokustopf, 1953–1954

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Stillleben mit Krokustopf, 1953–1954

Sale Date: October 23, 1999

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1930

Sale Date: October 23, 1999

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

Sale Date: October 23, 1999

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Menschenpaar, 1917–1917

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Menschenpaar, 1917–1917

Sale Date: October 23, 1999

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Bäume im Winter, 1905–1905

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Bäume im Winter, 1905–1905

Sale Date: October 23, 1999

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Kopf, 1915–1915

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Kopf, 1915–1915

Sale Date: October 23, 1999

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Stilleben, 1913–1913

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Stilleben, 1913–1913

Sale Date: October 7, 1999

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Gelber Blumenstrauss, 1907–1907

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Gelber Blumenstrauss, 1907–1907

Sale Date: October 7, 1999

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Rosa Rosen, 1922–1922

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Rosa Rosen, 1922–1922

Sale Date: October 7, 1999

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Gurken und Zwiebeln, 1947–1947

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Gurken und Zwiebeln, 1947–1947

Sale Date: October 7, 1999

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Ostseeküste, 1921–1921

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Ostseeküste, 1921–1921

Sale Date: October 7, 1999

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Alte Stadt, 1921–1921

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Alte Stadt, 1921–1921

Sale Date: October 7, 1999

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Bahnüberführung, 1910–1910

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Bahnüberführung, 1910–1910

Sale Date: October 7, 1999

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Mädchen vor dem Spiegel, 1914–1914

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Mädchen vor dem Spiegel, 1914–1914

Sale Date: October 7, 1999

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Trocknende Segel, 1913–1913

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Trocknende Segel, 1913–1913

Sale Date: October 7, 1999

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Stilleben mit Früchten, 1927–1927

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Stilleben mit Früchten, 1927–1927

Sale Date: October 7, 1999

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Stilleben mit Birnen und Plastik, 1950–1950

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Stilleben mit Birnen und Plastik, 1950–1950

Sale Date: October 7, 1999

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Landschaft mit Blumen

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Landschaft mit Blumen

Sale Date: October 6, 1999

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Stilleben mit Blaudisteln und..., 1958–1958

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Stilleben mit Blaudisteln und..., 1958–1958

Sale Date: October 2, 1999

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Der Angler, 1923–1923

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Der Angler, 1923–1923

Sale Date: October 2, 1999

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Elbhafen, 1907–1907

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Elbhafen, 1907–1907

Sale Date: October 2, 1999

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Dunkle Gloxinie, 1964–1964

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Dunkle Gloxinie, 1964–1964

Sale Date: October 1, 1999

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