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 Blumen und Flasche, 1935

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Stilleben mit Blumen und Flasche, 1935

Sale Date: November 28, 1996

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Die Sonne, 1914

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Die Sonne, 1914

Sale Date: November 26, 1996

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Landschaft im Mondschein, 1927

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Landschaft im Mondschein, 1927

Sale Date: November 26, 1996

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Schreibende Frau, 1933

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Schreibende Frau, 1933

Sale Date: November 26, 1996

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Frau im Wald, 1919

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Frau im Wald, 1919

Sale Date: November 26, 1996

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Sonnenuntergang am Meer, 1933

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Sonnenuntergang am Meer, 1933

Sale Date: November 26, 1996

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Stilleben mit Pfeife, 1940

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Stilleben mit Pfeife, 1940

Sale Date: November 26, 1996

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Die aktion, 1915

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Die aktion, 1915

Sale Date: October 23, 1996

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Frauenkopf H.W., 1922

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Frauenkopf H.W., 1922

Sale Date: October 23, 1996

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Selbstbildnis, 1914

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Selbstbildnis, 1914

Sale Date: October 12, 1996

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Die Sonne, 1914

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Die Sonne, 1914

Sale Date: October 12, 1996

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Der Angler, 1923

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Der Angler, 1923

Sale Date: October 12, 1996

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Das Spiel Christa, 1918

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Das Spiel Christa, 1918

Sale Date: October 12, 1996

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Ostseeküste, 1920

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Ostseeküste, 1920

Sale Date: October 12, 1996

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Kleine Prophetin, 1919

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Kleine Prophetin, 1919

Sale Date: October 12, 1996

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Kopf, 1921

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Kopf, 1921

Sale Date: October 12, 1996

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Von Jahren zu Jahren-Muß man viel Fremdes..., 1936

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Von Jahren zu Jahren-Muß man viel Fremdes..., 1936

Sale Date: October 12, 1996

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Die Hockende

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Die Hockende

Sale Date: October 12, 1996

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Landscape with houses in hillside setting

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Landscape with houses in hillside setting

Sale Date: October 10, 1996

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Dunkles Symbol, 1962

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Dunkles Symbol, 1962

Sale Date: October 9, 1996

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Kopf im Profil, 1916

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Kopf im Profil, 1916

Sale Date: October 9, 1996

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Vase mit afrikanischer Maske, 1965

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Vase mit afrikanischer Maske, 1965

Sale Date: October 9, 1996

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Stilleben mit Disteln, 1965

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Stilleben mit Disteln, 1965

Sale Date: October 9, 1996

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Gekreuzigter, 1918

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Gekreuzigter, 1918

Sale Date: September 28, 1996

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