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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Christus flucht dem Feigenbaum, pl.5, 1918

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Christus flucht dem Feigenbaum, pl.5, 1918

Sale Date: May 24, 1997

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Liegende, 1926

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Liegende, 1926

Sale Date: May 24, 1997

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Landschaft am Lebasee, 1935

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Landschaft am Lebasee, 1935

Sale Date: April 19, 1997

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Studie (Selbstbildnis), 1908

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Studie (Selbstbildnis), 1908

Sale Date: April 12, 1997

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Zwei Akte, 1915

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Zwei Akte, 1915

Sale Date: April 12, 1997

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Lesender Mann, 1922

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Lesender Mann, 1922

Sale Date: April 12, 1997

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Bei den Netzen, 1914

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Bei den Netzen, 1914

Sale Date: April 12, 1997

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Kopf (II. Fassung), 1915

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Kopf (II. Fassung), 1915

Sale Date: April 12, 1997

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Ostseeküste, 1920

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Ostseeküste, 1920

Sale Date: April 12, 1997

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Zwei Mädchen, 1912

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Zwei Mädchen, 1912

Sale Date: April 12, 1997

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Haus mit rotem Dach

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Haus mit rotem Dach

Sale Date: April 9, 1997

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Paonien

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Paonien

Sale Date: March 19, 1997

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Russischer Wald, 1921

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Russischer Wald, 1921

Sale Date: March 15, 1997

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Schnitter, 1923

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Schnitter, 1923

Sale Date: March 15, 1997

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Tessiner Bergort, 1953–1954

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Tessiner Bergort, 1953–1954

Sale Date: March 15, 1997

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Portrait of a woman, 1913

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Portrait of a woman, 1913

Sale Date: February 19, 1997

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Weiblicher Kopf

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Weiblicher Kopf

Sale Date: December 7, 1996

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Landschaft mit Häusern und Baum, 1948

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Landschaft mit Häusern und Baum, 1948

Sale Date: December 7, 1996

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Lebasee mit Revekol, 1948

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Lebasee mit Revekol, 1948

Sale Date: December 7, 1996

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Brücke über die Leba mit Anglern, 1935

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Brücke über die Leba mit Anglern, 1935

Sale Date: December 7, 1996

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

Sale Date: December 6, 1996

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Strasse in Rottluff, 1921

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Strasse in Rottluff, 1921

Sale Date: December 4, 1996

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Häuser und Mond, 1919

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Häuser und Mond, 1919

Sale Date: December 4, 1996

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Bäume

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Bäume

Sale Date: December 4, 1996

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