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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Ostseeküste, 1920–1920

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Ostseeküste, 1920–1920

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Rosa Schapire: Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs..., 1924–1924

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Rosa Schapire: Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs..., 1924–1924

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Menschen am Strand, 1914–1914

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Menschen am Strand, 1914–1914

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Nordische Landschaft, 1927–1927

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Nordische Landschaft, 1927–1927

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Große Prophetin, 1919–1919

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Große Prophetin, 1919–1919

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Christus und Judas, 1918–1918

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Christus und Judas, 1918–1918

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Elbhafen, 1907–1907

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Elbhafen, 1907–1907

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Mädchenkopf

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Mädchenkopf

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Kopf, 1921–1921

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Kopf, 1921–1921

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Kürbisblüte

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Kürbisblüte

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Landschaft hinter Sierksdorf, 1960–1961

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Landschaft hinter Sierksdorf, 1960–1961

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Blumenkrug mit Artischocke

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Blumenkrug mit Artischocke

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Die schwarze Schale, 1957–1957

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Die schwarze Schale, 1957–1957

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Wollblumen in blauem Krug, 1940–1940

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Wollblumen in blauem Krug, 1940–1940

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Häuser im Tessin, 1927–1927

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Häuser im Tessin, 1927–1927

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Holbeinplatz (Dresden), 1906–1906

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Holbeinplatz (Dresden), 1906–1906

Sale Date: November 21, 1998

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Fabrik, 1910–1910

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Fabrik, 1910–1910

Sale Date: November 21, 1998

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Ast in einem Krug, 1961–1961

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Ast in einem Krug, 1961–1961

Sale Date: November 21, 1998

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Rote Gladiolen, 1966–1966

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Rote Gladiolen, 1966–1966

Sale Date: November 21, 1998

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Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1953–1954

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Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1953–1954

Sale Date: November 13, 1998

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Der Angler, 1923–1923

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Der Angler, 1923–1923

Sale Date: November 13, 1998

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Abstossendes Boot, 1923–1923

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Abstossendes Boot, 1923–1923

Sale Date: November 12, 1998

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Haus mit Pappeln , 1913–1913

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Haus mit Pappeln , 1913–1913

Sale Date: November 12, 1998

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1930

Sale Date: November 12, 1998

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