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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Stilleben mit Hyazinthe und Mistelzweig, 1953–1954

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Stilleben mit Hyazinthe und Mistelzweig, 1953–1954

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Frauenkopf, 1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916

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Bei den Netzen, 1914

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Bei den Netzen, 1914

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Heimkehrende Kühe, 1922–1927

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Heimkehrende Kühe, 1922–1927

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Das Spiel Christa vom Schmerz der Schönheit des...

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Das Spiel Christa vom Schmerz der Schönheit des...

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Kopf im Profil, 1916

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Kopf im Profil, 1916

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In einem Atelier, 1905

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In einem Atelier, 1905

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Heugeruch, 1906

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Heugeruch, 1906

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Kopf, 1915

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Kopf, 1915

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Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs Graphisches Werk bis 1923

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Karl Schmidt-Rottluffs Graphisches Werk bis 1923

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Federchrysanthemen, 1970

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Federchrysanthemen, 1970

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Calla, 1955

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Calla, 1955

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Lilien, 1931

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Lilien, 1931

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Holsteinische Landschaft II, 1920

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Holsteinische Landschaft II, 1920

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Hockendes Mädchen, 1914

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Hockendes Mädchen, 1914

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Trauernde am Strand, 1914

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Trauernde am Strand, 1914

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Landschaft aus Sehlendorf, 1920

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Landschaft aus Sehlendorf, 1920

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Christus und die Ehebrecherin, pl.7, 1918

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Christus und die Ehebrecherin, pl.7, 1918

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Maria, pl.8, 1918

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Maria, pl.8, 1918

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Christus und Judas, pl.9, 1918

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Christus und Judas, pl.9, 1918

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Heimkehr der Fischer II, 1923

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Heimkehr der Fischer II, 1923

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Katzen, 1915

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Katzen, 1915

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Der Jünger, pl.3, 1918

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Der Jünger, pl.3, 1918

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Gang nach Emmaus, pl.4, 1918

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Gang nach Emmaus, pl.4, 1918

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