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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Frauenkopf, 1915–1915

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Frauenkopf, 1915–1915

Sale Date: September 25, 1999

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Table des illustrations pour Zehn..., 1914–1914

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Table des illustrations pour Zehn..., 1914–1914

Sale Date: June 23, 1999

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Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1954–1954

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Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1954–1954

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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Die Sonne, 1914–1914

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Die Sonne, 1914–1914

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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Stilleben mit Bananen und Orangen, 1953–1954

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Stilleben mit Bananen und Orangen, 1953–1954

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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Gekreuzigter, 1918–1918

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Gekreuzigter, 1918–1918

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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Die Heiligen drei Könige, 1917–1917

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Die Heiligen drei Könige, 1917–1917

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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Gang nach Emmaus, pl.4, 1918–1918

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Gang nach Emmaus, pl.4, 1918–1918

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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Mädchenkopf, 1923–1923

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Mädchenkopf, 1923–1923

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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Ingaltsverzeichnis für die Neumann Mappe, 1919–1919

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Ingaltsverzeichnis für die Neumann Mappe, 1919–1919

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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Die drei Tannen, 1961–1961

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Die drei Tannen, 1961–1961

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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Wollblumen in blauem Krug, 1941–1942

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Wollblumen in blauem Krug, 1941–1942

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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Magnolienblüten und Flieder in einer Vase, 1965–1965

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Magnolienblüten und Flieder in einer Vase, 1965–1965

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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Blaue Schatten, 1965–1965

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Blaue Schatten, 1965–1965

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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Krug mit Blaudistlen, 1968–1968

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Krug mit Blaudistlen, 1968–1968

Sale Date: June 12, 1999

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Russischer Wald, 1918–1918

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Russischer Wald, 1918–1918

Sale Date: June 8, 1999

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Protea in grüner Vase, 1969–1969

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Protea in grüner Vase, 1969–1969

Sale Date: June 5, 1999

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Backöfen (Am Lebasee), 1936–1936

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Backöfen (Am Lebasee), 1936–1936

Sale Date: June 5, 1999

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Blauer Krug in der Mitte, 1968–1968

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Blauer Krug in der Mitte, 1968–1968

Sale Date: June 5, 1999

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Sitzender männlicher Rückenakt am Strand, 1921–1921

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Sitzender männlicher Rückenakt am Strand, 1921–1921

Sale Date: June 5, 1999

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Die heiligen drei Könige, 1917–1917

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Die heiligen drei Könige, 1917–1917

Sale Date: June 5, 1999

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Emmaus, 1918–1918

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Emmaus, 1918–1918

Sale Date: June 5, 1999

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