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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Sonnenuntergang auf der Föhrde, 1915–1915

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Sonnenuntergang auf der Föhrde, 1915–1915

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Kopf im Profil, 1916–1916

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Kopf im Profil, 1916–1916

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Steiküste bei Sierksdorf in der..., 1955–1955

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Steiküste bei Sierksdorf in der..., 1955–1955

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Landschaft mit Bahnüberführung, 1954–1954

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Landschaft mit Bahnüberführung, 1954–1954

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Stilleben um Gerbera, 1965–1965

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Stilleben um Gerbera, 1965–1965

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Selbstbildnis, 1957–1957

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Selbstbildnis, 1957–1957

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Akt in der Diagonale, 1912–1912

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Akt in der Diagonale, 1912–1912

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Trauernde am Strand, 1914–1914

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Trauernde am Strand, 1914–1914

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Boote außer Dienst, pl.5, 1923–1923

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Boote außer Dienst, pl.5, 1923–1923

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Stilleben mit Fernglas, 1939–1939

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Stilleben mit Fernglas, 1939–1939

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Blick auf Frankfurt a.M, 1935–1935

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Blick auf Frankfurt a.M, 1935–1935

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Blaudistel I, 1958–1958

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Blaudistel I, 1958–1958

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Kopf eines liegenden Mannes, mit linken , 1925–1925

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Kopf eines liegenden Mannes, mit linken , 1925–1925

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Kopf, 1921–1921

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Kopf, 1921–1921

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Stilleben mit sitzender Figur, Birnen..., 1953–1954

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Stilleben mit sitzender Figur, Birnen..., 1953–1954

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Christus flucht dem Feigenbaum, 1918–1918

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Christus flucht dem Feigenbaum, 1918–1918

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Emmaus, 1918–1918

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Emmaus, 1918–1918

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Badende, 1920–1920

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Badende, 1920–1920

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Bildnis Niemeyer, 1922–1922

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Bildnis Niemeyer, 1922–1922

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Landschaft mit Dünen

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Landschaft mit Dünen

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Stilleben mit Afrikanischer Skulptur,..., 1961–1961

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Stilleben mit Afrikanischer Skulptur,..., 1961–1961

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Blumenstilleben, 1968–1968

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Blumenstilleben, 1968–1968

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Küstenlandschaft mit Baum, 1969–1970

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Küstenlandschaft mit Baum, 1969–1970

Sale Date: November 29, 1997

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Sitzender weiblicher Akt, 1961–1961

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Sitzender weiblicher Akt, 1961–1961

Sale Date: November 29, 1997

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