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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Blühender Baum, 1956

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Blühender Baum, 1956

Sale Date: December 9, 1994

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Philodendronblätter und Negerplastik, 1963

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Philodendronblätter und Negerplastik, 1963

Sale Date: December 9, 1994

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Der Angler, 1923

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Der Angler, 1923

Sale Date: December 6, 1994

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Hoher Wald, 1919

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Hoher Wald, 1919

Sale Date: December 6, 1994

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Stilleben mit Orangen, 1928

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Stilleben mit Orangen, 1928

Sale Date: December 5, 1994

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Tanne, 1914

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Tanne, 1914

Sale Date: December 5, 1994

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Titelblatt zur Holzschnittmappe im Kurt..., 1917

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Titelblatt zur Holzschnittmappe im Kurt..., 1917

Sale Date: December 5, 1994

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Stilleben mit Rohrkolben, 1969–1970

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Stilleben mit Rohrkolben, 1969–1970

Sale Date: December 5, 1994

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Große Prophetin, 1919

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Große Prophetin, 1919

Sale Date: December 5, 1994

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Männliches Portrait, 1905

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Männliches Portrait, 1905

Sale Date: December 3, 1994

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Küstenwache in Rumbke am Lebasee, 1934

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Küstenwache in Rumbke am Lebasee, 1934

Sale Date: December 3, 1994

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Haus in Landschaft, 1925

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Haus in Landschaft, 1925

Sale Date: November 26, 1994

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Haus mit Pappeln, 1913

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Haus mit Pappeln, 1913

Sale Date: November 26, 1994

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Dünen und Mole, 1917

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Dünen und Mole, 1917

Sale Date: November 26, 1994

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Rußische Landschaft mit Kreuzweg, 1919

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Rußische Landschaft mit Kreuzweg, 1919

Sale Date: November 26, 1994

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Die Sonne, 1914

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Die Sonne, 1914

Sale Date: November 26, 1994

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Bildnis der Rosa Schapire, 1915

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Bildnis der Rosa Schapire, 1915

Sale Date: November 26, 1994

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Stilleben mit Äpfeln und Blumen, 1939

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Stilleben mit Äpfeln und Blumen, 1939

Sale Date: November 26, 1994

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Aufsteigende Wolken, 1967

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Aufsteigende Wolken, 1967

Sale Date: November 26, 1994

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Gesenkter Frauenkopf, 1916

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Gesenkter Frauenkopf, 1916

Sale Date: November 19, 1994

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Der Angler, 1923

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Der Angler, 1923

Sale Date: November 19, 1994

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Mädchen aus einem Dachfenster schauend, 1923

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Mädchen aus einem Dachfenster schauend, 1923

Sale Date: November 19, 1994

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Afrikanische Holzfigur und h,ngende Maske, 1964

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Afrikanische Holzfigur und h,ngende Maske, 1964

Sale Date: November 19, 1994

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Haus mit pappeln, 1920

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Haus mit pappeln, 1920

Sale Date: November 18, 1994

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