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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ZIEGEN, 1925–1926

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

ZIEGEN, 1925–1926

Sale Date: November 30, 1991

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LANDSCHAFT IM MONDSCHEIN, 1927

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LANDSCHAFT IM MONDSCHEIN, 1927

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EX-LIBRIS GUENT. WEISKE, 1905

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EX-LIBRIS GUENT. WEISKE, 1905

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FREUNDESTROST, 1920

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FREUNDESTROST, 1920

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EX-LIBRIS ELSE WEISKE, 1914

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EX-LIBRIS ELSE WEISKE, 1914

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LAGO MAGGIORE, 1930

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LAGO MAGGIORE, 1930

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ZWEI PLASTIKEN, 1933–1954

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

ZWEI PLASTIKEN, 1933–1954

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STILLEBEN IM FREIEN

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STILLEBEN IM FREIEN

Sale Date: November 29, 1991

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ELBBRUCKE BEI DESSAU, 1930

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ELBBRUCKE BEI DESSAU, 1930

Sale Date: November 29, 1991

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HOLSTEINISCHE LANDCHAFT (BAHNUBERGANG), 1950

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HOLSTEINISCHE LANDCHAFT (BAHNUBERGANG), 1950

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AM TORRE DI NERONE, NACHTS, 1930

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

AM TORRE DI NERONE, NACHTS, 1930

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NACHDENKLICHE FRAU

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NACHDENKLICHE FRAU

Sale Date: November 27, 1991

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FRONTESPIZIO, 1919

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FRONTESPIZIO, 1919

Sale Date: November 27, 1991

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STILLEBEN MIT MUSCHELN

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

STILLEBEN MIT MUSCHELN

Sale Date: November 26, 1991

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Adorant

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

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CHRISTUS (KRISTUS) UNTER DEN FRAUEN, 1919–1974

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

CHRISTUS (KRISTUS) UNTER DEN FRAUEN, 1919–1974

Sale Date: November 26, 1991

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FRAUENKOPF, 1915

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FRAUENKOPF, 1915

Sale Date: November 26, 1991

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STILLEBEN MIT KROKUSTOPF, 1953–1954

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

STILLEBEN MIT KROKUSTOPF, 1953–1954

Sale Date: November 26, 1991

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AKTE, 1913

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AKTE, 1913

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BEI DEN NETZEN, 1914

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BEI DEN NETZEN, 1914

Sale Date: November 23, 1991

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DIE WEISSE GLOXINIE, 1964

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DIE WEISSE GLOXINIE, 1964

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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WETTERDISTELN I, 1964

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WETTERDISTELN I, 1964

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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MIT DEM MALVENSTENGEL AM FENSTER, 1965

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MIT DEM MALVENSTENGEL AM FENSTER, 1965

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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CLIVIA, 1960–1965

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

CLIVIA, 1960–1965

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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