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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Russische Landschaft mit Wasserträger, 1919–1919

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Russische Landschaft mit Wasserträger, 1919–1919

Sale Date: November 22, 1997

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Holsteinische Landschaft II, 1920–1920

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Holsteinische Landschaft II, 1920–1920

Sale Date: November 22, 1997

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Frauenkopf, 1915–1915

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Frauenkopf, 1915–1915

Sale Date: November 22, 1997

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Kopf, 1921–1921

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Kopf, 1921–1921

Sale Date: November 22, 1997

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Selbstbildnis, 1914–1914

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Selbstbildnis, 1914–1914

Sale Date: November 22, 1997

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Weiblicher Kopf, 1914–1914

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Weiblicher Kopf, 1914–1914

Sale Date: November 22, 1997

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Männliches Bildnis

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Männliches Bildnis

Sale Date: November 22, 1997

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Landschaft, 1917–1920

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Landschaft, 1917–1920

Sale Date: November 13, 1997

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Der Angler, 1923–1923

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Der Angler, 1923–1923

Sale Date: November 12, 1997

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Maria, 1918–1918

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Maria, 1918–1918

Sale Date: November 3, 1997

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Kündung / Eine Zeitschrift für Kunst, 1920–1920

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Kündung / Eine Zeitschrift für Kunst, 1920–1920

Sale Date: October 18, 1997

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916–1916

Sale Date: October 11, 1997

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Jünger, 1918–1918

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Jünger, 1918–1918

Sale Date: October 11, 1997

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Das Spiel Christa, 1918–1918

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Das Spiel Christa, 1918–1918

Sale Date: October 11, 1997

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Kopf im Profil, 1912–1912

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Kopf im Profil, 1912–1912

Sale Date: October 11, 1997

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Kleine Prophetin, 1919–1919

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Kleine Prophetin, 1919–1919

Sale Date: October 11, 1997

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Neujahrsgruß 1937, 1936–1936

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Neujahrsgruß 1937, 1936–1936

Sale Date: October 11, 1997

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Elbhafen, 1907–1907

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Elbhafen, 1907–1907

Sale Date: October 11, 1997

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Sonnenuntergang am Meer, 1933–1933

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Sonnenuntergang am Meer, 1933–1933

Sale Date: October 11, 1997

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Abstoßendes Boot, pl.2, 1923–1923

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Abstoßendes Boot, pl.2, 1923–1923

Sale Date: October 11, 1997

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Menschenpaar, 1917–1917

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Menschenpaar, 1917–1917

Sale Date: October 11, 1997

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Häuser und Mond, 1919–1919

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Häuser und Mond, 1919–1919

Sale Date: October 11, 1997

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Dangaster Park, 1910–1910

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Dangaster Park, 1910–1910

Sale Date: October 9, 1997

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Bei den Netzen, 1914–1914

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Bei den Netzen, 1914–1914

Sale Date: October 9, 1997

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