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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Holsteinische Landschaft II, 1920–1920

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Holsteinische Landschaft II, 1920–1920

Sale Date: November 22, 1990

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Bildnis Friedrich Schreiber-Weigand, 1924–1924

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Bildnis Friedrich Schreiber-Weigand, 1924–1924

Sale Date: November 22, 1990

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Segler auf der Elbe, 1911–1911

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Segler auf der Elbe, 1911–1911

Sale Date: November 22, 1990

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Fischer. II. Kestner-Mappe, 1923–1923

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Fischer. II. Kestner-Mappe, 1923–1923

Sale Date: November 22, 1990

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Kleine Prophetin, 1919–1919

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Kleine Prophetin, 1919–1919

Sale Date: November 22, 1990

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Landschaft

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Landschaft

Sale Date: November 22, 1990

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Bodleia III, 1965–1965

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Bodleia III, 1965–1965

Sale Date: November 22, 1990

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ZIEGELEI (BEI DAREL) (SCHAPIRE H7), 1909–1909

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ZIEGELEI (BEI DAREL) (SCHAPIRE H7), 1909–1909

Sale Date: November 19, 1990

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BILDNIS NIEMEYER (S.H270), 1922–1922

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BILDNIS NIEMEYER (S.H270), 1922–1922

Sale Date: November 19, 1990

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KOPF (SCHAPIRE), 1921–1921

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KOPF (SCHAPIRE), 1921–1921

Sale Date: November 16, 1990

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DER GARTEN, 1906–1906

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DER GARTEN, 1906–1906

Sale Date: November 14, 1990

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LESENDER MANN (S. 274), 1922–1922

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LESENDER MANN (S. 274), 1922–1922

Sale Date: October 23, 1990

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GEBIRGSSEE-LANDSCHAFT

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GEBIRGSSEE-LANDSCHAFT

Sale Date: September 25, 1990

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Lesender Mann, 1922–1922

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Lesender Mann, 1922–1922

Sale Date: July 24, 1990

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HEIMKEHR DER FISCHER II

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HEIMKEHR DER FISCHER II

Sale Date: June 29, 1990

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TRAUERNDE AM STRAND

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TRAUERNDE AM STRAND

Sale Date: June 29, 1990

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STRASSE MIT BURG UND HAUSERN IN FELSIGEM GENBIRGE

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STRASSE MIT BURG UND HAUSERN IN FELSIGEM GENBIRGE

Sale Date: June 29, 1990

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KOHLRABI

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KOHLRABI

Sale Date: June 23, 1990

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DAS NEUE REET-DACH, 1921–1921

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DAS NEUE REET-DACH, 1921–1921

Sale Date: June 22, 1990

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CHRISTUS BEI MARIA UND MARTHA, 1910–1910

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CHRISTUS BEI MARIA UND MARTHA, 1910–1910

Sale Date: June 22, 1990

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RUSSISCHE MADONNA, 1921–1921

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RUSSISCHE MADONNA, 1921–1921

Sale Date: June 22, 1990

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KESTNER MAPPE, 1923–1923

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KESTNER MAPPE, 1923–1923

Sale Date: June 22, 1990

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GRUSS ZUM NEUEN JAHR 1925, 1924–1924

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GRUSS ZUM NEUEN JAHR 1925, 1924–1924

Sale Date: June 22, 1990

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AKT, 1909–1909

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AKT, 1909–1909

Sale Date: June 22, 1990

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