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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SELBSTBILDNIS, 1957

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

SELBSTBILDNIS, 1957

Sale Date: May 23, 1992

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SIGNAL AN DER ELBE, 1939

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SIGNAL AN DER ELBE, 1939

Sale Date: May 19, 1992

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KOPF (SCHAPIRE L96), 1921

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KOPF (SCHAPIRE L96), 1921

Sale Date: May 12, 1992

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ADAM WO BIST DU?, 1918

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ADAM WO BIST DU?, 1918

Sale Date: April 11, 1992

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FRAUENKOPF, 1915

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FRAUENKOPF, 1915

Sale Date: April 11, 1992

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LESENDER MANN, 1921

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LESENDER MANN, 1921

Sale Date: April 11, 1992

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HOLSTEINISCHE LANDSCHAFT II, 1920

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HOLSTEINISCHE LANDSCHAFT II, 1920

Sale Date: April 11, 1992

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FRAUENKOPF, 1915–1916

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FRAUENKOPF, 1915–1916

Sale Date: April 11, 1992

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916

Sale Date: April 11, 1992

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ELBHAFEN, 1907

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ELBHAFEN, 1907

Sale Date: April 11, 1992

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KOPF EINES MANNES, 1922

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KOPF EINES MANNES, 1922

Sale Date: April 11, 1992

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MELANCOLIE, 1917

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MELANCOLIE, 1917

Sale Date: March 30, 1992

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CHRISTUS UNTER DEN FRAUEN, 1919–1974

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CHRISTUS UNTER DEN FRAUEN, 1919–1974

Sale Date: March 21, 1992

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9 HOLZSCHNITTE, KURT WOLFF VERLAG, MUNICH,..., 1918

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

9 HOLZSCHNITTE, KURT WOLFF VERLAG, MUNICH,..., 1918

Sale Date: December 11, 1991

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FRAUENKOPF, 1915

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FRAUENKOPF, 1915

Sale Date: December 4, 1991

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RUDERER, 1921

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RUDERER, 1921

Sale Date: December 4, 1991

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LANDSCHAFT

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LANDSCHAFT

Sale Date: December 3, 1991

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STILLEBEN MIT BLUMEN UND SKULPTUR

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

STILLEBEN MIT BLUMEN UND SKULPTUR

Sale Date: December 3, 1991

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STILLEBEN MIT APFELN UND FLASCHE, 1909

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STILLEBEN MIT APFELN UND FLASCHE, 1909

Sale Date: December 3, 1991

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STILLEBEN MIT MASKE, 1954

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STILLEBEN MIT MASKE, 1954

Sale Date: November 30, 1991

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MADCHENKOPF, 1952

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MADCHENKOPF, 1952

Sale Date: November 30, 1991

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STILLEBEN MIT KRUG UND VASEN, 1960

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STILLEBEN MIT KRUG UND VASEN, 1960

Sale Date: November 30, 1991

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STEINBRUCKE UBER EINEM BACH, 1903

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STEINBRUCKE UBER EINEM BACH, 1903

Sale Date: November 30, 1991

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STILLEBEN MIT APFELN UND ORANGEN, 1930

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

STILLEBEN MIT APFELN UND ORANGEN, 1930

Sale Date: November 30, 1991

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