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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Stilleben mit Äpfeln und Flasche, 1909

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Stilleben mit Äpfeln und Flasche, 1909

Sale Date: November 17, 1994

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Angler, 1932

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Angler, 1932

Sale Date: November 17, 1994

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Mann und Weib, 1912

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Mann und Weib, 1912

Sale Date: November 11, 1994

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Menschenpaar, 1917

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Menschenpaar, 1917

Sale Date: October 15, 1994

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Russischer Wald, 1918

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Russischer Wald, 1918

Sale Date: October 15, 1994

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Strasse mit Pappeln, 1920

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Strasse mit Pappeln, 1920

Sale Date: October 15, 1994

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Das Spiel Christa, 1918

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Das Spiel Christa, 1918

Sale Date: October 15, 1994

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Zwei Maedchen, 1914

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Zwei Maedchen, 1914

Sale Date: October 15, 1994

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EINFAHRT, 1910

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EINFAHRT, 1910

Sale Date: October 13, 1994

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FISCHERHAFEN, 1918

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FISCHERHAFEN, 1918

Sale Date: October 13, 1994

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FISCHER-II. KESTNER-MAPPE, 1923

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FISCHER-II. KESTNER-MAPPE, 1923

Sale Date: October 13, 1994

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HAUSER AM WEG, 1922

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HAUSER AM WEG, 1922

Sale Date: October 13, 1994

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RITTERSPORN, 1960

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RITTERSPORN, 1960

Sale Date: October 13, 1994

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

Sale Date: July 1, 1994

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Dunen und Mole, 1917

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Dunen und Mole, 1917

Sale Date: June 28, 1994

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Frauenkopf, 1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916

Sale Date: June 25, 1994

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Brücke Mappe 1909- IV. Mappe,..., 1908–1909

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Brücke Mappe 1909- IV. Mappe,..., 1908–1909

Sale Date: June 24, 1994

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Landsrtasse bei Mondschein

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Landsrtasse bei Mondschein

Sale Date: June 11, 1994

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Kundung, 1920

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Kundung, 1920

Sale Date: June 11, 1994

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Dorfecke mit Haus, 1911

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Dorfecke mit Haus, 1911

Sale Date: June 10, 1994

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Ein liegender und ein hockender weiblicher Akt, 1911

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Ein liegender und ein hockender weiblicher Akt, 1911

Sale Date: June 10, 1994

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Hockende, 1913

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Hockende, 1913

Sale Date: June 10, 1994

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Badende, 1920

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Badende, 1920

Sale Date: June 10, 1994

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Schnitter, 1923

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Schnitter, 1923

Sale Date: June 10, 1994

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