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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Three persons at a table, 1914–1914

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Three persons at a table, 1914–1914

Sale Date: July 14, 1996

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Päonien

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Päonien

Sale Date: June 25, 1996

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Landschaft

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Landschaft

Sale Date: June 25, 1996

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Stilleben

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Stilleben

Sale Date: June 25, 1996

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Von Häusern gesäumte Straße, 1950

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Von Häusern gesäumte Straße, 1950

Sale Date: June 18, 1996

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Haus im Tessin

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Haus im Tessin

Sale Date: June 13, 1996

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Sitzende Frau, 1921

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Sitzende Frau, 1921

Sale Date: June 11, 1996

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Schlafende Hetäre, 1914

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Schlafende Hetäre, 1914

Sale Date: June 11, 1996

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Haus an einer Straße, 1911

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Haus an einer Straße, 1911

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Stilleben mit sitzender Figur, Birnen und Krug, 1953

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Stilleben mit sitzender Figur, Birnen und Krug, 1953

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Sonnenuntergang am Meer, 1933

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Sonnenuntergang am Meer, 1933

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Schreibende Frau, 1933

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Schreibende Frau, 1933

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Bauernfrau, 1908

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Bauernfrau, 1908

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Der Angler, 1923

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Der Angler, 1923

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Frauenkopf, 1922

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Frauenkopf, 1922

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Frauenkopf, 1915

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Frauenkopf, 1915

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Trauernde am Strand, 1914

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Trauernde am Strand, 1914

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Die Schwestern, 1914

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Die Schwestern, 1914

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Frauen im Garten, 1915

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Frauen im Garten, 1915

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Wattenmeer, 1909

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Wattenmeer, 1909

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Kuhweide, 1919

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Kuhweide, 1919

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Jünger, 1918

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Jünger, 1918

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Heimkehrende Kühe, 1922–1927

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Heimkehrende Kühe, 1922–1927

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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Stilleben mit Blumen und afrikanischer..., 1960–1970

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Stilleben mit Blumen und afrikanischer..., 1960–1970

Sale Date: June 8, 1996

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