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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Inhaltsverzeichnis für die Neumann-Mappe, 1919–1919

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Inhaltsverzeichnis für die Neumann-Mappe, 1919–1919

Sale Date: June 30, 1987

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Liebespaar, 1920–1920

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Liebespaar, 1920–1920

Sale Date: June 30, 1987

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Heiliger Franziskus, 1914–1914

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Heiliger Franziskus, 1914–1914

Sale Date: June 30, 1987

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Große Prophetin, 1919–1919

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Große Prophetin, 1919–1919

Sale Date: June 30, 1987

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Frauenkopf, 1915–1915

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Frauenkopf, 1915–1915

Sale Date: June 30, 1987

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Baum im Winter, 1964–1964

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Baum im Winter, 1964–1964

Sale Date: June 30, 1987

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Stilleben

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Stilleben

Sale Date: April 1, 1987

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Bauernhaus, 1928–1928

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Bauernhaus, 1928–1928

Sale Date: March 31, 1987

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Blumenstilleben, 1930–1930

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Blumenstilleben, 1930–1930

Sale Date: March 31, 1987

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Weggabelung, 1909–1909

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Weggabelung, 1909–1909

Sale Date: November 19, 1986

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Die Gartentür

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Die Gartentür

Sale Date: June 24, 1986

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Sierksdorf

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Sierksdorf

Sale Date: June 24, 1986

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Feuerlilien, 1921–1921

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Feuerlilien, 1921–1921

Sale Date: June 23, 1986

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Vase mit gelben Bluten und Meerschnecke

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Vase mit gelben Bluten und Meerschnecke

Sale Date: March 25, 1986

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Lübemer Bucht nach Westen gesehen

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Lübemer Bucht nach Westen gesehen

Sale Date: December 3, 1985

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Zwei weiße Blüten in Glasvase, 1939

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Zwei weiße Blüten in Glasvase, 1939

Sale Date: December 3, 1985

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Landschaft im Pleißebachtal, 1944

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Landschaft im Pleißebachtal, 1944

Sale Date: December 3, 1985

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Liegender Akt, 1953

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Liegender Akt, 1953

Sale Date: November 13, 1985

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Akt in einem Zimmer, 1939

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Akt in einem Zimmer, 1939

Sale Date: November 13, 1985

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Brücke, 1930

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Brücke, 1930

Sale Date: November 13, 1985

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Landschaft

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Landschaft

Sale Date: November 13, 1985

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Lesende frau

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Lesende frau

Sale Date: June 26, 1985

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Stilleben mit Kerzenständer und Petroleumlampe, 1960

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Stilleben mit Kerzenständer und Petroleumlampe, 1960

Sale Date: June 24, 1985

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Schiff am Hafen

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Schiff am Hafen

Sale Date: May 16, 1985

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