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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Frauenkopf, von vorn gesehen nach rechts..., 1915

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Frauenkopf, von vorn gesehen nach rechts..., 1915

Sale Date: October 7, 1995

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Frauenkopf, 1915

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Frauenkopf, 1915

Sale Date: October 4, 1995

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Stilleben mit sitzender Figur, Birnen und Krug, 1954

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Stilleben mit sitzender Figur, Birnen und Krug, 1954

Sale Date: September 27, 1995

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Christus, 1918

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Christus, 1918

Sale Date: September 14, 1995

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Two women, 1919

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Two women, 1919

Sale Date: July 9, 1995

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Landschaft in Norvege, 1911

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Landschaft in Norvege, 1911

Sale Date: June 28, 1995

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Gekreuzigter, 1918

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Gekreuzigter, 1918

Sale Date: June 28, 1995

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Die Windmühle, 1922

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Die Windmühle, 1922

Sale Date: June 28, 1995

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The fisherman

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The fisherman

Sale Date: June 26, 1995

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Frauenkopf, 1915

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Frauenkopf, 1915

Sale Date: June 24, 1995

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Silberdisteln, 1950

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Silberdisteln, 1950

Sale Date: June 23, 1995

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Selbstbildnis I, 1913

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Selbstbildnis I, 1913

Sale Date: June 23, 1995

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Frauenkopf, 1916

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Frauenkopf, 1916

Sale Date: June 23, 1995

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Fischer - II. Kestner Mappe, 1923

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Fischer - II. Kestner Mappe, 1923

Sale Date: June 23, 1995

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Mädchenkopf, 1918

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Mädchenkopf, 1918

Sale Date: June 23, 1995

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922

Sale Date: June 23, 1995

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Stilleben mit Flasche und Blumen, 1935

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Stilleben mit Flasche und Blumen, 1935

Sale Date: June 23, 1995

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Paesaggio

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Paesaggio

Sale Date: June 22, 1995

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Der Angler, 1923

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Der Angler, 1923

Sale Date: June 10, 1995

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Holzschnitt, 1923

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Holzschnitt, 1923

Sale Date: June 10, 1995

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

Sale Date: June 10, 1995

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Ostseeküste, 1920

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Ostseeküste, 1920

Sale Date: June 10, 1995

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Sommerwald, 1939

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Sommerwald, 1939

Sale Date: June 10, 1995

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Blumenstilleben, 1957

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Blumenstilleben, 1957

Sale Date: June 10, 1995

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