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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HEILIGER FRANZISKUS, 1919

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HEILIGER FRANZISKUS, 1919

Sale Date: December 2, 1992

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WATTENMEER, 1909

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WATTENMEER, 1909

Sale Date: December 2, 1992

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FRAU IN DUNEN, 1914

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FRAU IN DUNEN, 1914

Sale Date: December 2, 1992

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Atelierpause, 1910

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Atelierpause, 1910

Sale Date: December 1, 1992

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CHRISTUS UNTER DEN FRAUEN, 1919

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CHRISTUS UNTER DEN FRAUEN, 1919

Sale Date: November 30, 1992

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TANNE, 1914

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TANNE, 1914

Sale Date: November 30, 1992

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DIE HEILIGEN DREI KONIGE, 1917

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DIE HEILIGEN DREI KONIGE, 1917

Sale Date: November 30, 1992

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KOPF EINES MANNES, 1922

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KOPF EINES MANNES, 1922

Sale Date: November 30, 1992

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FISCHERBOOT, 1923

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FISCHERBOOT, 1923

Sale Date: November 30, 1992

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GLASERNE GEFASSE, 1950

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GLASERNE GEFASSE, 1950

Sale Date: November 28, 1992

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KNIENDER WEIBLICHER AKT, 1965–1970

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KNIENDER WEIBLICHER AKT, 1965–1970

Sale Date: November 28, 1992

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KLEINE BETENDE UND STEIN, 1965

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KLEINE BETENDE UND STEIN, 1965

Sale Date: November 28, 1992

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Dahlienstrauß, 1950

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Dahlienstrauß, 1950

Sale Date: November 28, 1992

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PHILODENDRONBLATTER UND NEGERPLASTIK, 1964

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PHILODENDRONBLATTER UND NEGERPLASTIK, 1964

Sale Date: November 28, 1992

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BLASSGELBE GLADIOLE, 1963

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BLASSGELBE GLADIOLE, 1963

Sale Date: November 28, 1992

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SPAZIERGANG IM WALDE, 1921

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SPAZIERGANG IM WALDE, 1921

Sale Date: November 28, 1992

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DUNEN UND M,OLE, 1917

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DUNEN UND M,OLE, 1917

Sale Date: November 28, 1992

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SELBSTBILDNIS VON VORN GESEHEN, 1914

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SELBSTBILDNIS VON VORN GESEHEN, 1914

Sale Date: November 28, 1992

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70 JAHRE ALT, 1926

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70 JAHRE ALT, 1926

Sale Date: November 28, 1992

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ZWEI PLASTIKEN, 1953–1954

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ZWEI PLASTIKEN, 1953–1954

Sale Date: November 28, 1992

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WETTERDISTELN, 1967

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WETTERDISTELN, 1967

Sale Date: November 28, 1992

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GLASERNES, 1969

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GLASERNES, 1969

Sale Date: November 27, 1992

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GELBE TULPEN, 1950

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GELBE TULPEN, 1950

Sale Date: November 27, 1992

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HOF AM SEE, 1963

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

HOF AM SEE, 1963

Sale Date: November 21, 1992

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