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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SIGNAL AN DER ELBE, 1939–1940

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

SIGNAL AN DER ELBE, 1939–1940

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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PELARGONIENTOPF, 1951

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PELARGONIENTOPF, 1951

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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STILLEBEN

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STILLEBEN

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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GEKREUZIGTER, 1918

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GEKREUZIGTER, 1918

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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DER ANGLER, 1923

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DER ANGLER, 1923

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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STRASSE MIT PAPPELN, 1920

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STRASSE MIT PAPPELN, 1920

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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HEILIGER FRANZISKUS, 1919

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HEILIGER FRANZISKUS, 1919

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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DREI AM TISCH, 1914

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DREI AM TISCH, 1914

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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AUSFAHRENDE FISCHER, 1923

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AUSFAHRENDE FISCHER, 1923

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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LAGO MAGGIORE, 1930

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LAGO MAGGIORE, 1930

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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MARIA, 1918

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MARIA, 1918

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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BILDNIS FRIEDRICH SCHREIBER-WEIGAND, 1924

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BILDNIS FRIEDRICH SCHREIBER-WEIGAND, 1924

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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OSTSEEKUSTE, 1920

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

OSTSEEKUSTE, 1920

Sale Date: November 21, 1991

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EBERESCHE

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

EBERESCHE

Sale Date: November 16, 1991

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DER ANGLER (JERSHOFT 1. POMM)..., 1923–1949

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

DER ANGLER (JERSHOFT 1. POMM)..., 1923–1949

Sale Date: November 16, 1991

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INHALTSVERZEICHNIS FUR DIE NEUMANN-MAPPE..., 1919

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

INHALTSVERZEICHNIS FUR DIE NEUMANN-MAPPE..., 1919

Sale Date: November 1, 1991

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FRAUENKOPF, 1915

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

FRAUENKOPF, 1915

Sale Date: October 26, 1991

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DER ANGLER, 1923

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

DER ANGLER, 1923

Sale Date: October 26, 1991

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Vue de port

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Vue de port

Sale Date: October 25, 1991

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916

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FRAUENKOPF, 1916

Sale Date: October 24, 1991

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LESENDER MANN, 1922

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LESENDER MANN, 1922

Sale Date: October 23, 1991

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FRAUENKOPF NACH RECHTS, 1916

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FRAUENKOPF NACH RECHTS, 1916

Sale Date: October 23, 1991

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Kniender weiblicher Akt von vorne, die Arme nach

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Kniender weiblicher Akt von vorne, die Arme nach

Sale Date: October 15, 1991

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