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, 1916

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

FRAUENKOPF, 1916

Sale Date: October 23, 1993

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Kleine Prophetin, 1919

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Kleine Prophetin, 1919

Sale Date: October 22, 1993

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FRAUENKOPF IM DREIVIERTELPORFIL, 1916

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FRAUENKOPF IM DREIVIERTELPORFIL, 1916

Sale Date: October 21, 1993

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FRAUENKOPF, 1915–1916

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

FRAUENKOPF, 1915–1916

Sale Date: October 16, 1993

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MENSCHENPAAR, 1917

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MENSCHENPAAR, 1917

Sale Date: October 16, 1993

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HOCKENDESMADCHEN, 1914

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HOCKENDESMADCHEN, 1914

Sale Date: October 16, 1993

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ERHOBENER KOPF, 1917

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

ERHOBENER KOPF, 1917

Sale Date: October 16, 1993

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FRAUENKOPF, 1915–1916

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FRAUENKOPF, 1915–1916

Sale Date: October 16, 1993

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LESENDER MANN, 1922

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LESENDER MANN, 1922

Sale Date: October 16, 1993

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Bibelleser, 1915

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Bibelleser, 1915

Sale Date: October 2, 1993

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Frau Emy Schmidt-Rottluff, 1919

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Frau Emy Schmidt-Rottluff, 1919

Sale Date: October 2, 1993

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BRUCKE MAPPE 1909-IV.MAPPE: PORTRAIT [&] , 1906

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

BRUCKE MAPPE 1909-IV.MAPPE: PORTRAIT [&] , 1906

Sale Date: June 25, 1993

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KOPF IM PROFIL, 1916

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KOPF IM PROFIL, 1916

Sale Date: June 25, 1993

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

FRAUENKOPF, 1916

Sale Date: June 19, 1993

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GESENKTER FRAUENKOPF, 1913

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GESENKTER FRAUENKOPF, 1913

Sale Date: June 11, 1993

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ABENDLICHE TANNEN

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ABENDLICHE TANNEN

Sale Date: June 11, 1993

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DISTELN IM KRUG, 1964

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DISTELN IM KRUG, 1964

Sale Date: June 11, 1993

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WEISSE TULPEN - GESPREIZT, 1966

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WEISSE TULPEN - GESPREIZT, 1966

Sale Date: June 11, 1993

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WEIBLICHER AKT LIEGEND, 1911

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WEIBLICHER AKT LIEGEND, 1911

Sale Date: June 11, 1993

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STILLEBEN MIT PFEIFE, 1940–1945

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

STILLEBEN MIT PFEIFE, 1940–1945

Sale Date: June 11, 1993

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MUSSIGE HETAREN, 1914

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MUSSIGE HETAREN, 1914

Sale Date: June 11, 1993

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MANNLICHER KOPF IM PROFIL, 1906

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MANNLICHER KOPF IM PROFIL, 1906

Sale Date: June 11, 1993

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EGYPTERIN, 1915

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EGYPTERIN, 1915

Sale Date: June 11, 1993

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BEI DEN NETZEN, 1914

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

BEI DEN NETZEN, 1914

Sale Date: June 11, 1993

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