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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Hohwachter Bucht im Mondschein, 1918

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Hohwachter Bucht im Mondschein, 1918

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

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Drei am Tisch, 1914

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Drei am Tisch, 1914

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Kohlrabistilleben, 1940

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Kohlrabistilleben, 1940

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Bauernhaus mit grossem Baum, 1960

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Bauernhaus mit grossem Baum, 1960

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Stilleben mit Kanne, 1969

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Stilleben mit Kanne, 1969

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Blumen und afrikanische Maske, 1961

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Blumen und afrikanische Maske, 1961

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Akt, 1914

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Akt, 1914

Sale Date: May 27, 1994

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Ostseeküste, 1920

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Ostseeküste, 1920

Sale Date: April 16, 1994

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

Sale Date: April 16, 1994

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Christus und Judas, 1918

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Christus und Judas, 1918

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Häuser und Mond, 1919

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Häuser und Mond, 1919

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Inhaltsverzeichnis für die Neumann-Mappe, 1919

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Inhaltsverzeichnis für die Neumann-Mappe, 1919

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Initiale R. S., 1909

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Initiale R. S., 1909

Sale Date: April 16, 1994

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Lesender Mann, 1922

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Lesender Mann, 1922

Sale Date: April 16, 1994

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Die kleine Prophetin

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Die kleine Prophetin

Sale Date: April 10, 1994

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Menschenpaar, 1917

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Menschenpaar, 1917

Sale Date: March 26, 1994

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Neujahrsgruß 1937, 1936

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Neujahrsgruß 1937, 1936

Sale Date: March 26, 1994

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Lesender Mann, 1922

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Lesender Mann, 1922

Sale Date: March 26, 1994

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Kündung- Eine Zeitschrift für Kunst, 1920

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Kündung- Eine Zeitschrift für Kunst, 1920

Sale Date: December 11, 1993

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Bäume im Winter, 1905

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Bäume im Winter, 1905

Sale Date: December 11, 1993

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Lesender Mann, 1921

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Lesender Mann, 1921

Sale Date: December 10, 1993

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Frauenkopf, 1915

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Frauenkopf, 1915

Sale Date: December 10, 1993

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Grosse Maske, 1956

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Grosse Maske, 1956

Sale Date: December 4, 1993

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