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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FRAU IN DER WANNE, 1915

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

FRAU IN DER WANNE, 1915

Sale Date: May 20, 1993

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MOSES, 1919

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MOSES, 1919

Sale Date: May 20, 1993

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70 JAHRE ALT, 1926

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70 JAHRE ALT, 1926

Sale Date: May 20, 1993

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HANSA-FILTER, FURS HANS-FUR DIE INDUSTRIE, 1920

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HANSA-FILTER, FURS HANS-FUR DIE INDUSTRIE, 1920

Sale Date: May 20, 1993

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STADTLANDSCHAFT

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STADTLANDSCHAFT

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STILLEBEN, 1960

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STILLEBEN, 1960

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DER KAPPELLENBERG

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DER KAPPELLENBERG

Sale Date: May 20, 1993

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FRAUENKOPFF, 1916

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FRAUENKOPFF, 1916

Sale Date: April 20, 1993

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KLEINE PROPHETIN, 1919

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KLEINE PROPHETIN, 1919

Sale Date: April 3, 1993

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BAUME IM WINTER, 1905

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BAUME IM WINTER, 1905

Sale Date: April 3, 1993

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KOPF, 1915

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KOPF, 1915

Sale Date: April 3, 1993

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STILLEBEN MIT KROKUSTOPF (TULPEN), 1954

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STILLEBEN MIT KROKUSTOPF (TULPEN), 1954

Sale Date: April 3, 1993

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LESENDER MANN, 1922

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LESENDER MANN, 1922

Sale Date: April 3, 1993

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FRAUENKOPF, 1915

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FRAUENKOPF, 1915

Sale Date: April 3, 1993

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LESER MANN

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LESER MANN

Sale Date: April 3, 1993

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KOPF EINES MANNES, 1922

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KOPF EINES MANNES, 1922

Sale Date: April 3, 1993

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916

Sale Date: March 27, 1993

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LAGO MAGGIORE, 1930

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LAGO MAGGIORE, 1930

Sale Date: February 27, 1993

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STILLEBEN MIT KORKUSTOPF, 1953–1954

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STILLEBEN MIT KORKUSTOPF, 1953–1954

Sale Date: February 27, 1993

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916

Sale Date: December 12, 1992

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HERBSTLICHE BLATTER

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HERBSTLICHE BLATTER

Sale Date: December 2, 1992

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WEIBLICHER KOPF, 1915

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WEIBLICHER KOPF, 1915

Sale Date: December 2, 1992

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ALTE STADT (MOTIV AUS SCHLAWE), 1921

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ALTE STADT (MOTIV AUS SCHLAWE), 1921

Sale Date: December 2, 1992

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FRAU MIT VERSCHRANKTEN ARMEN, 1913

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FRAU MIT VERSCHRANKTEN ARMEN, 1913

Sale Date: December 2, 1992

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