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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DIE WEISSE GLOXINIE, 1964

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

DIE WEISSE GLOXINIE, 1964

Sale Date: November 21, 1992

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MIT DEM MALVENSTENGEL AM FENSTER, 1965

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MIT DEM MALVENSTENGEL AM FENSTER, 1965

Sale Date: November 21, 1992

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VASE MIT ROHRKOLBEN, 1966

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VASE MIT ROHRKOLBEN, 1966

Sale Date: November 21, 1992

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CLIVIA, 1960–1965

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CLIVIA, 1960–1965

Sale Date: November 21, 1992

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VAELER HAFEN, 1909

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VAELER HAFEN, 1909

Sale Date: November 21, 1992

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HEIMKEHR DER FISCHER I, 1923

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HEIMKEHR DER FISCHER I, 1923

Sale Date: November 21, 1992

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MARIA, 1918

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MARIA, 1918

Sale Date: November 21, 1992

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STRASSE MIT PAPPELN, 1924

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STRASSE MIT PAPPELN, 1924

Sale Date: November 20, 1992

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SONNENUNTERGANG AUF DER FOHRDE, 1915

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SONNENUNTERGANG AUF DER FOHRDE, 1915

Sale Date: November 20, 1992

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STILLEBEN MIT KROKUSKOPF, 1953–1954

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STILLEBEN MIT KROKUSKOPF, 1953–1954

Sale Date: November 20, 1992

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OSTSEEKUSTE, 1920

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OSTSEEKUSTE, 1920

Sale Date: November 20, 1992

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FRAUENKOPF

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FRAUENKOPF

Sale Date: October 22, 1992

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FRAUENKOPF, 1919

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FRAUENKOPF, 1919

Sale Date: October 10, 1992

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OSTSEEKUSTE, 1920

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OSTSEEKUSTE, 1920

Sale Date: October 10, 1992

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ADAM, WO BIST DU?, 1918

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ADAM, WO BIST DU?, 1918

Sale Date: October 10, 1992

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916

Sale Date: October 10, 1992

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STILLEBEN UM DAS NASHORN, 1953–1954

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STILLEBEN UM DAS NASHORN, 1953–1954

Sale Date: October 10, 1992

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LESENDER MANN, 1921

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LESENDER MANN, 1921

Sale Date: October 10, 1992

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ZWEI BAUERN (RATHENAU 22B), 1926

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ZWEI BAUERN (RATHENAU 22B), 1926

Sale Date: July 1, 1992

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DIE SCHWESTERN (S.166), 1914

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DIE SCHWESTERN (S.166), 1914

Sale Date: July 1, 1992

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AKTE AUF TEPPICH I (SCHAPIRE 73), 1911

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AKTE AUF TEPPICH I (SCHAPIRE 73), 1911

Sale Date: July 1, 1992

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SIGNALMAST, 1939

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SIGNALMAST, 1939

Sale Date: June 13, 1992

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ABENDLICHE TANNEN

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ABENDLICHE TANNEN

Sale Date: June 13, 1992

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LANDSCHAFT AM SEE, 1935

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

LANDSCHAFT AM SEE, 1935

Sale Date: June 13, 1992

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