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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Heiliger Franziskus, 1920–1920

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Heiliger Franziskus, 1920–1920

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Kopf, 1921–1921

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Kopf, 1921–1921

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Russische Landschaft, 1918–1918

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Russische Landschaft, 1918–1918

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Dorfecke mit Haus, 1911–1911

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Dorfecke mit Haus, 1911–1911

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

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Der Angler, 1923–1923

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Der Angler, 1923–1923

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Dünen und Mole, 1916–1916

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Dünen und Mole, 1916–1916

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1930

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Bäume im Winter, 1905

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Bäume im Winter, 1905

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Trauernde am Strand, 1914–1914

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Trauernde am Strand, 1914–1914

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Christus flucht dem Feigenbaum, pl.5, 1918–1918

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Christus flucht dem Feigenbaum, pl.5, 1918–1918

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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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Haus mit Pappeln, 1913–1913

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Haus mit Pappeln, 1913–1913

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Manus Offizin Fritz Voigt, Berlin, 1919–1919

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Manus Offizin Fritz Voigt, Berlin, 1919–1919

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Christus und die Ehebrecherin, pl.7, 1918–1918

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Christus und die Ehebrecherin, pl.7, 1918–1918

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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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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1930

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Frau in der Wanne, 1915–1915

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Frau in der Wanne, 1915–1915

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Gläserne Gefäße, 1950–1950

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Gläserne Gefäße, 1950–1950

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Blick auf die Berge

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Blick auf die Berge

Sale Date: December 4, 1997

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Stilleben mit Töpfen

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Stilleben mit Töpfen

Sale Date: December 4, 1997

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Bei den Netzen, 1914–1914

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Bei den Netzen, 1914–1914

Sale Date: December 2, 1997

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Mädchenkopf, 1923–1923

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Mädchenkopf, 1923–1923

Sale Date: December 2, 1997

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Katzen, 1915–1915

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Katzen, 1915–1915

Sale Date: December 2, 1997

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