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 PLASTIK, BIRNEN UND KRUG..., 1953–1954

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

STILLEBEN MIT PLASTIK, BIRNEN UND KRUG..., 1953–1954

Sale Date: June 13, 1992

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LANDSCHAFT MIT PAPPELN UND LEUCHTTURM..., 1913

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LANDSCHAFT MIT PAPPELN UND LEUCHTTURM..., 1913

Sale Date: June 13, 1992

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DANGAST DORF (SCHAPIRE 58), 1911

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DANGAST DORF (SCHAPIRE 58), 1911

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HAUS MIT PAPPELN (SCHAPIRE 118), 1913

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HAUS MIT PAPPELN (SCHAPIRE 118), 1913

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MADCHENBILDNIS, 1913

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MADCHENBILDNIS, 1913

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STILLEBEN MIT VASE UND KRUG, 1909

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STILLEBEN MIT VASE UND KRUG, 1909

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VASE AM FENSTER, 1942

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VASE AM FENSTER, 1942

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GROSSE MASKE, 1956

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GROSSE MASKE, 1956

Sale Date: June 3, 1992

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3 BLL.: GEBRAUCHSGRAPHIK, 1919–1920

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3 BLL.: GEBRAUCHSGRAPHIK, 1919–1920

Sale Date: June 3, 1992

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8 BLL.: FISCHER. II. KESTNER MAPPE, 1923

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8 BLL.: FISCHER. II. KESTNER MAPPE, 1923

Sale Date: June 3, 1992

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OBERBAYRISCHE BAUERN, 1914

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OBERBAYRISCHE BAUERN, 1914

Sale Date: June 3, 1992

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BOOTE AUSSER DIENST, 1923

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BOOTE AUSSER DIENST, 1923

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ELBHAFEN, 1907

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ELBHAFEN, 1907

Sale Date: June 3, 1992

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SONNENUNTERGANG AUF DER FOHRDE, 1915

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SONNENUNTERGANG AUF DER FOHRDE, 1915

Sale Date: June 3, 1992

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KATZEN I, 1914

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KATZEN I, 1914

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KORALLE- BLAUE SCHNECKE, 1961

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KORALLE- BLAUE SCHNECKE, 1961

Sale Date: June 3, 1992

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BLUHENDER BAUM, 1956

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BLUHENDER BAUM, 1956

Sale Date: June 3, 1992

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STEHENDE FRAU, 1910

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STEHENDE FRAU, 1910

Sale Date: May 30, 1992

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MOHNBLUTEN IM FELD, 1910

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MOHNBLUTEN IM FELD, 1910

Sale Date: May 30, 1992

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LIEGENDER WEIBLICHER AKT AUF GRUNEM TUCH, 1911

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LIEGENDER WEIBLICHER AKT AUF GRUNEM TUCH, 1911

Sale Date: May 30, 1992

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DANGASTER LANDSCHAFT, 1910

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DANGASTER LANDSCHAFT, 1910

Sale Date: May 30, 1992

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WALD UBER DACHERN, 1970

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WALD UBER DACHERN, 1970

Sale Date: May 30, 1992

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GARTENPFORTE, 1948

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GARTENPFORTE, 1948

Sale Date: May 30, 1992

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BAUERNHOF IN RUMBKE AM LEBASEE (UM 1939)

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BAUERNHOF IN RUMBKE AM LEBASEE (UM 1939)

Sale Date: May 30, 1992

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