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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Zwei Ruderboote am Steg, 1934

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Zwei Ruderboote am Steg, 1934

Sale Date: November 25, 1995

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Abstrakte Komposition

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Abstrakte Komposition

Sale Date: November 25, 1995

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Signalmast, 1939

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Signalmast, 1939

Sale Date: November 25, 1995

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Blumenstilleben, 1970

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Blumenstilleben, 1970

Sale Date: November 25, 1995

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Pelargonientopf, 1951

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Pelargonientopf, 1951

Sale Date: November 24, 1995

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Watt bei Ebbe, 1912

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Watt bei Ebbe, 1912

Sale Date: November 24, 1995

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Stilleben mit Stranddistel, 1913

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Stilleben mit Stranddistel, 1913

Sale Date: November 24, 1995

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Zwei Frauen, 1915

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Zwei Frauen, 1915

Sale Date: November 24, 1995

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Rußische Landschaft mit Sonne, 1919

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Rußische Landschaft mit Sonne, 1919

Sale Date: November 24, 1995

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Frau in den Dünen, 1914

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Frau in den Dünen, 1914

Sale Date: November 24, 1995

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Fischerboot, 1921

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Fischerboot, 1921

Sale Date: November 24, 1995

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Magnolien, 1969

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Magnolien, 1969

Sale Date: November 24, 1995

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Feuerlilien und Jasmin, 1961

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Feuerlilien und Jasmin, 1961

Sale Date: November 24, 1995

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Rittersporn, 1962

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Rittersporn, 1962

Sale Date: November 24, 1995

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Südliche Landschaft mit Palmen (Lago Maggiore?)

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Südliche Landschaft mit Palmen (Lago Maggiore?)

Sale Date: November 17, 1995

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Kopf, 1915

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Kopf, 1915

Sale Date: November 16, 1995

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Stilleben mit krokustopf, 1953–1954

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Stilleben mit krokustopf, 1953–1954

Sale Date: October 26, 1995

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The fisherman

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The fisherman

Sale Date: October 24, 1995

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Leuchtturm, 1913

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Leuchtturm, 1913

Sale Date: October 15, 1995

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Blaudistel

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Blaudistel

Sale Date: October 15, 1995

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Hoher Wald, 1919

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Hoher Wald, 1919

Sale Date: October 14, 1995

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922

Sale Date: October 14, 1995

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Elbhafen, 1907

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Elbhafen, 1907

Sale Date: October 14, 1995

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Holsteinische Landschaft II, 1920

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Holsteinische Landschaft II, 1920

Sale Date: October 14, 1995

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