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 ORANGEN, 1928

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STILLEBEN MIT ORANGEN, 1928

Sale Date: June 7, 1993

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BOOTE AUSSER DIENST, 1923

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BOOTE AUSSER DIENST, 1923

Sale Date: June 7, 1993

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SITZENDER AKT AM STRAND, 1921

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SITZENDER AKT AM STRAND, 1921

Sale Date: June 5, 1993

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HAUS IN LANDSCHAFT, 1925

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HAUS IN LANDSCHAFT, 1925

Sale Date: June 5, 1993

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BLUHENDE WASSERLILIEN AN EINEM TEICH, 1959

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BLUHENDE WASSERLILIEN AN EINEM TEICH, 1959

Sale Date: June 5, 1993

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STILLEBEN MIT QUITTEN, 1937

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STILLEBEN MIT QUITTEN, 1937

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FELSIGE KUSTE, 1960

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FELSIGE KUSTE, 1960

Sale Date: June 5, 1993

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BILDNIS O.M. (OTTO MUELLER), 1914

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BILDNIS O.M. (OTTO MUELLER), 1914

Sale Date: June 5, 1993

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TRAUERNDE AM STRAND, 1914

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TRAUERNDE AM STRAND, 1914

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FRAU IN DEN DUNEN, 1914

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FRAU IN DEN DUNEN, 1914

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NACHT AM STRAND, 1920

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NACHT AM STRAND, 1920

Sale Date: June 5, 1993

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Apfelbaume, 1910

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Apfelbaume, 1910

Sale Date: June 4, 1993

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BLICK AUF DIE KIRCHE IN HOFHEIM IM TAUNUS, 1935

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BLICK AUF DIE KIRCHE IN HOFHEIM IM TAUNUS, 1935

Sale Date: June 4, 1993

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STEINKRUG II, 1949

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STEINKRUG II, 1949

Sale Date: May 27, 1993

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EX LIBRIS GUENTHER WEISKE, 1905

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EX LIBRIS GUENTHER WEISKE, 1905

Sale Date: May 26, 1993

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HAUS MIT PAPPELN, 1913

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HAUS MIT PAPPELN, 1913

Sale Date: May 26, 1993

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EX LIBRIS HELENE WEISKE, 1905

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EX LIBRIS HELENE WEISKE, 1905

Sale Date: May 26, 1993

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LESENDER MANN, 1921

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LESENDER MANN, 1921

Sale Date: May 26, 1993

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STILLEBEN MIT ANANAS

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STILLEBEN MIT ANANAS

Sale Date: May 26, 1993

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STILLEBEN MIT DER PALETTE, 1956

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STILLEBEN MIT DER PALETTE, 1956

Sale Date: May 26, 1993

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FRAUENKOPF (GESENKTER KOPF), 1916

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FRAUENKOPF (GESENKTER KOPF), 1916

Sale Date: May 22, 1993

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BIBELLESER, 1915

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BIBELLESER, 1915

Sale Date: May 22, 1993

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DER ANGLER, 1923

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DER ANGLER, 1923

Sale Date: May 22, 1993

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DIE HEILIGEN DREI KONIGE, 1917

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DIE HEILIGEN DREI KONIGE, 1917

Sale Date: May 20, 1993

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