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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Christus und Judas, pl.9, 1918–1918

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Christus und Judas, pl.9, 1918–1918

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Sommerlandschaft, 1911–1911

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Sommerlandschaft, 1911–1911

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Akt auf Teppich, 1911–1911

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Akt auf Teppich, 1911–1911

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Kopf im Profil, 1916–1916

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Kopf im Profil, 1916–1916

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Neun Holzschnitte, 1918–1918

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Neun Holzschnitte, 1918–1918

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Landschaft mit Wasserfall, 1950–1950

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Landschaft mit Wasserfall, 1950–1950

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Weiblicher Kopf, 1915–1915

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Weiblicher Kopf, 1915–1915

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Herbstmond, 1927–1927

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Herbstmond, 1927–1927

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Stilleben mit Bananen und Orangen, 1953–1954

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Stilleben mit Bananen und Orangen, 1953–1954

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Sonnenblumen

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Sonnenblumen

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Blühende Obstbäume vor einem Gehöft

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Blühende Obstbäume vor einem Gehöft

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Emmaus, 1918–1918

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Emmaus, 1918–1918

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Große Prophetin, 1919–1919

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Große Prophetin, 1919–1919

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Mutter, 1916–1916

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Mutter, 1916–1916

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Stadttor mit Passanten, 1901–1901

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Stadttor mit Passanten, 1901–1901

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Bauernhaus im Garten, 1903–1903

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Bauernhaus im Garten, 1903–1903

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Blumenstilleben, 1954–1954

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Blumenstilleben, 1954–1954

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Stilleben mit Früchtekorb

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Stilleben mit Früchtekorb

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Badende, 1920–1920

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Badende, 1920–1920

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Christus unter den Frauen, 1919–1919

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Christus unter den Frauen, 1919–1919

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Schnitter, 1923–1923

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Schnitter, 1923–1923

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Fischer im Boot, 1923–1923

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Fischer im Boot, 1923–1923

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1930

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

Sale Date: November 28, 1998

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