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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Weib, 1914

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Weib, 1914

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Bunte Kornblumen in schwarzer Vase vor..., 1964

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Bunte Kornblumen in schwarzer Vase vor..., 1964

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MAN READING

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MAN READING

Sale Date: October 13, 1991

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DAS SPIEL CHRISTA, , 1918

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DAS SPIEL CHRISTA, , 1918

Sale Date: October 12, 1991

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KLEINE PROPHETIN, 1919

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KLEINE PROPHETIN, 1919

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Stilleben mit Früchteschale, 1955

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Stilleben mit Früchteschale, 1955

Sale Date: June 29, 1991

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Grosse Strohfeime, 1959

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Grosse Strohfeime, 1959

Sale Date: June 29, 1991

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BAUERNHAUS, 1926

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BAUERNHAUS, 1926

Sale Date: June 24, 1991

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KUNDUNG. GEDICHT VON W. NIEMEYER, 1920

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KUNDUNG. GEDICHT VON W. NIEMEYER, 1920

Sale Date: June 21, 1991

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MUTTER, 1916

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MUTTER, 1916

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VASE MIT ROHRKOLBEN, 1966

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VASE MIT ROHRKOLBEN, 1966

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STILLEBEN MIT MUSCHELN, 1961

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STILLEBEN MIT MUSCHELN, 1961

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FABRIKGELANDE MIT HOHEM SCHOR-NSTEIN, 1948

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FABRIKGELANDE MIT HOHEM SCHOR-NSTEIN, 1948

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HOF AM SEE, 1963

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HOF AM SEE, 1963

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GROSSE MASKE, 1956

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GROSSE MASKE, 1956

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MEERSCHNECKEN UND LEUCHTER, 1952

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MEERSCHNECKEN UND LEUCHTER, 1952

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STAFFELEI UND SPIEGEL, 1966

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STAFFELEI UND SPIEGEL, 1966

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KORALLE - BLAUE SCHNECKE, 1961

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KORALLE - BLAUE SCHNECKE, 1961

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WEIB, 1914

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

WEIB, 1914

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MANN UND WEIB, 1912

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MANN UND WEIB, 1912

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OSTSEEKUSTE, 1920

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OSTSEEKUSTE, 1920

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RUSSISCHER WALD, 1918

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RUSSISCHER WALD, 1918

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KARL SCHMIDT-ROTTLUFF, 1921

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

KARL SCHMIDT-ROTTLUFF, 1921

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KNIENDE, 1914

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

KNIENDE, 1914

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