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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Wald

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Wald

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Dorfecke mit Haus, 1911–1911

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Dorfecke mit Haus, 1911–1911

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Einsames Haus (Rotes Haus), 1907–1907

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Einsames Haus (Rotes Haus), 1907–1907

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Gelbe Tulpen, 1950–1950

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Gelbe Tulpen, 1950–1950

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Kerzenständer, Steine und Gefäße im..., 1965–1965

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Kerzenständer, Steine und Gefäße im..., 1965–1965

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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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Häuser II, 1910–1910

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Häuser II, 1910–1910

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Tulpen in blauer Vase, 1966–1966

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Tulpen in blauer Vase, 1966–1966

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Kauernde, 1913–1913

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Kauernde, 1913–1913

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Lebasee mit Revekol, 1935–1939

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Lebasee mit Revekol, 1935–1939

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Stilleben mit Sonnenblumen

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Stilleben mit Sonnenblumen

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Die Handschuhe, 1940–1950

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Die Handschuhe, 1940–1950

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Stilleben mit Tannenzapfen

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Stilleben mit Tannenzapfen

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922–1922

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922–1922

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1960

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1960

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Kopf eines liegenden Mannes, mit der..., 1925–1925

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Kopf eines liegenden Mannes, mit der..., 1925–1925

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Gespräch vom Tod, 1920–1920

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Gespräch vom Tod, 1920–1920

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Die Heiligen Drei Könige, 1917–1917

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Die Heiligen Drei Könige, 1917–1917

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Heiliger Franziskus, 1919–1919

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Heiliger Franziskus, 1919–1919

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Mädchenkopf, 1923–1923

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Mädchenkopf, 1923–1923

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Vase mit Zweigen vor Fenster II, 1968–1968

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Vase mit Zweigen vor Fenster II, 1968–1968

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Schafgarbe und Rittersporn, 1970–1970

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Schafgarbe und Rittersporn, 1970–1970

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Vase mit herbstlichen Blättern, 1954–1954

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Vase mit herbstlichen Blättern, 1954–1954

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Villa mit Turm, 1911–1911

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Villa mit Turm, 1911–1911

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