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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Hügelige Landschaft mit Weg

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Hügelige Landschaft mit Weg

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Blaudistel

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Blaudistel

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Zinnien mit Holzfigur, 1940

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Zinnien mit Holzfigur, 1940

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Buche und Eiche, 1966

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Buche und Eiche, 1966

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Bildnis U - Kopf eines Mannes, 1910

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Bildnis U - Kopf eines Mannes, 1910

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Christus flucht dem Feigenbaum, pl.5, 1918

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Christus flucht dem Feigenbaum, pl.5, 1918

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Landschaft mit Pappeln und Leuchtturm, 1913

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Landschaft mit Pappeln und Leuchtturm, 1913

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Blumen am Atelierfenster, 1966

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Blumen am Atelierfenster, 1966

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Frauenkopf, 1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916

Sale Date: June 3, 1995

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K_rbisstück, 1948

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K_rbisstück, 1948

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Stilleben mit Silberlingen

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Stilleben mit Silberlingen

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Christus und Judas, 1918

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Christus und Judas, 1918

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Burg auf Fehmarn, 1920

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Burg auf Fehmarn, 1920

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Frauenkopf, 1922

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Frauenkopf, 1922

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Gruß zum Neujahr 1937, 1936

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Gruß zum Neujahr 1937, 1936

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Straße im Gebirgsdorf, 1927

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Straße im Gebirgsdorf, 1927

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Stilleben mit Obstkorb und Flaschen, 1958

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Stilleben mit Obstkorb und Flaschen, 1958

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Signal an der Elbe, 1939

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Signal an der Elbe, 1939

Sale Date: May 30, 1995

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Steine und Vasen, 1965

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Steine und Vasen, 1965

Sale Date: May 30, 1995

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Berliner Straße in Dresden, 1909

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Berliner Straße in Dresden, 1909

Sale Date: May 30, 1995

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Bäuerinmit Kuh, 1922

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Bäuerinmit Kuh, 1922

Sale Date: May 30, 1995

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Weiblicher Topf, 1915

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Weiblicher Topf, 1915

Sale Date: May 27, 1995

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Motiv aus L

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Motiv aus L"tzen, 1913

Sale Date: May 27, 1995

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Holsteinische Landschaft, 1920

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Holsteinische Landschaft, 1920

Sale Date: May 27, 1995

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