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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Christus und die Ehebrecherin, 1918–1918

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Christus und die Ehebrecherin, 1918–1918

Sale Date: November 4, 1988

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922–1922

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922–1922

Sale Date: November 4, 1988

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KOPF EINES MANNES, 1922–1922

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KOPF EINES MANNES, 1922–1922

Sale Date: November 2, 1988

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Dorf im Schnee, 1923–1923

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Dorf im Schnee, 1923–1923

Sale Date: October 26, 1988

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Selbstbildnis, 1957–1957

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Selbstbildnis, 1957–1957

Sale Date: October 26, 1988

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Stilleben

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Stilleben

Sale Date: June 8, 1988

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Lesendes Madchen und Selbstbildnis, 1925–1925

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Lesendes Madchen und Selbstbildnis, 1925–1925

Sale Date: June 8, 1988

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Verschneite Strasse, 1964–1964

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Verschneite Strasse, 1964–1964

Sale Date: June 8, 1988

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Zwei akte, 1953–1953

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Zwei akte, 1953–1953

Sale Date: March 29, 1988

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Stilleben mit blauen Blumen, 1924

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Stilleben mit blauen Blumen, 1924

Sale Date: March 29, 1988

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Dünen und Mole, 1917–1917

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Dünen und Mole, 1917–1917

Sale Date: December 3, 1987

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Tessiner Bergort, 1953–1954

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Tessiner Bergort, 1953–1954

Sale Date: December 3, 1987

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Grosse Prophetin, 1919–1919

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Grosse Prophetin, 1919–1919

Sale Date: December 3, 1987

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Sonnenblumen

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Sonnenblumen

Sale Date: December 2, 1987

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Stilleben mit Afrikanischem Kopf, 1942–1944

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Stilleben mit Afrikanischem Kopf, 1942–1944

Sale Date: December 1, 1987

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Landschaft, 1960–1960

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Landschaft, 1960–1960

Sale Date: December 1, 1987

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Morgendämmerung, 1958–1958

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Morgendämmerung, 1958–1958

Sale Date: December 1, 1987

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Frau mit aufgelöstem Haar, 1913–1913

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Frau mit aufgelöstem Haar, 1913–1913

Sale Date: November 14, 1987

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Feuerlilen, 1962–1962

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Feuerlilen, 1962–1962

Sale Date: October 29, 1987

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STILL LIFE WITH PAINT BRUSHES IN STUDIO

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STILL LIFE WITH PAINT BRUSHES IN STUDIO

Sale Date: October 7, 1987

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Boote, 1920–1921

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Boote, 1920–1921

Sale Date: June 30, 1987

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Dünen und Mole, 1917–1917

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Dünen und Mole, 1917–1917

Sale Date: June 30, 1987

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Russische Madonna, 1921–1921

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Russische Madonna, 1921–1921

Sale Date: June 30, 1987

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Tessiner Bergort, 1953–1954

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Tessiner Bergort, 1953–1954

Sale Date: June 30, 1987

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