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, 1915–1916

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Frauenkopf, 1915–1916

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Maria, 1918

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Maria, 1918

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Frauenkopf, 1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916

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Russischer Wald, 1918

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Russischer Wald, 1918

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Badende, 1920

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Badende, 1920

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Zwei Frauen mit kniendem Kind

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Zwei Frauen mit kniendem Kind

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Bäume im Winter, 1905

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Bäume im Winter, 1905

Sale Date: April 7, 1995

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Stilleben mit Plastik, Birnen und Krug, 1953–1954

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Stilleben mit Plastik, Birnen und Krug, 1953–1954

Sale Date: April 1, 1995

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Frauenkopf, 1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916

Sale Date: March 25, 1995

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Still life with fruit

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Still life with fruit

Sale Date: February 24, 1995

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Stilleben mit Herbstblumen und Buch, 1940

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Stilleben mit Herbstblumen und Buch, 1940

Sale Date: December 17, 1994

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Frauenkopf, 1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916

Sale Date: December 10, 1994

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Landschaft mit Pappeln und Leuchtturm, 1913

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Landschaft mit Pappeln und Leuchtturm, 1913

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Haus mit Pappeln, 1913

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Haus mit Pappeln, 1913

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Schriftseite: Gott und die Gefahr, 1921

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Schriftseite: Gott und die Gefahr, 1921

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Straße in Rottluff, 1921

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Straße in Rottluff, 1921

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Christus und die Ehebrecherin, pl.6, 1918

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Christus und die Ehebrecherin, pl.6, 1918

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Nordische Landschaft, 1927

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Nordische Landschaft, 1927

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Frau in der Wanne, 1915

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Frau in der Wanne, 1915

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Christus unter den Frauen, 1919

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Christus unter den Frauen, 1919

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Rußischer Wald, 1918

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Rußischer Wald, 1918

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Frau mit aufgel

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Frau mit aufgel"stem Haar, 1913

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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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Pilze, 1924

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Pilze, 1924

Sale Date: December 9, 1994

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