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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Blaudistel, 1962

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Blaudistel, 1962

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Iris auf grünem Grund

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Iris auf grünem Grund

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Rußische Landschaft, 1918

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Rußische Landschaft, 1918

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Stilleben mit Blumenvase und schwarzem..., 1969–1970

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Stilleben mit Blumenvase und schwarzem..., 1969–1970

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Stilleben mit Rettichen, 1929

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Stilleben mit Rettichen, 1929

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Gelber Blumenstrauß, 1907

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Gelber Blumenstrauß, 1907

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Stilleben mit Kastanienzweig, 1955

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Stilleben mit Kastanienzweig, 1955

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Felsige Landschaft, 1920

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Felsige Landschaft, 1920

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Holsteinische Landschaft II, 1920

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Holsteinische Landschaft II, 1920

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Katzen II, 1914

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Katzen II, 1914

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Unterhaltung, 1922

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Unterhaltung, 1922

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Hoher Wald, 1919

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Hoher Wald, 1919

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Freundestrost, 1920

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Freundestrost, 1920

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Bei den Netzen, 1914

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Bei den Netzen, 1914

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Landschaft mit Sonne, 1916

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Landschaft mit Sonne, 1916

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Dünen und Mole, 1917

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Dünen und Mole, 1917

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Christus, pl.2, 1918

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Christus, pl.2, 1918

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Zwei Mädchen, 1914

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Zwei Mädchen, 1914

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Ostseestrand, 1914

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Ostseestrand, 1914

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Dunkles Symbol, 1962

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Dunkles Symbol, 1962

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Bäume und Mond, 1923

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Bäume und Mond, 1923

Sale Date: June 1, 1996

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Straße mit Pappeln, 1920

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Straße mit Pappeln, 1920

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Stilleben mit Blumenvase, Flasche und..., 1963

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Stilleben mit Blumenvase, Flasche und..., 1963

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Christus und Judas, 1918

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Christus und Judas, 1918

Sale Date: May 15, 1996

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