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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Kiefernwald im Frühling, 1920

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Kiefernwald im Frühling, 1920

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Ostseeküste, 1920

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Ostseeküste, 1920

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Russischer Wald, 1918

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Russischer Wald, 1918

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Petri Fischzug, 1918

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Petri Fischzug, 1918

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Selbstbildnis, 1914

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Selbstbildnis, 1914

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Boot im Kanal, 1911

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Boot im Kanal, 1911

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Altdresdner Häuser, 1908

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Altdresdner Häuser, 1908

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Heugeruch, 1906

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Heugeruch, 1906

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Frauenkopf, 1922

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Frauenkopf, 1922

Sale Date: November 29, 2019

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A bracelet with fine motifs, 1920–1930

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

A bracelet with fine motifs, 1920–1930

Sale Date: December 17, 2019

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Frauenkopf, 1922

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Frauenkopf, 1922

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Christus unter den Frauen, 1919–1964

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Christus unter den Frauen, 1919–1964

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Hornissennest, 1957

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Hornissennest, 1957

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Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1953–1954

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1953–1954

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Marguerites in a brown vase, 1964

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Marguerites in a brown vase, 1964

Sale Date: December 4, 2019

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Untitled (Landschaft), 1960–1969

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Untitled (Landschaft), 1960–1969

Sale Date: November 27, 2019

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Kniende, 1914

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Kniende, 1914

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9 Holzschnitte. Komplettes Mappenwerk, 1918

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9 Holzschnitte. Komplettes Mappenwerk, 1918

Sale Date: November 27, 2019

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Feuerlilien in weissem Krug, 1965

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Feuerlilien in weissem Krug, 1965

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Citronen u. Flasche, 1940–1959

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Citronen u. Flasche, 1940–1959

Sale Date: November 27, 2019

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Stillleben mit fünf Vasen

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Stillleben mit fünf Vasen

Sale Date: November 23, 2019

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Couple in a forest, 1909

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Couple in a forest, 1909

Sale Date: December 5, 2019

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Blumenstillleben, 1948–1950

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Blumenstillleben, 1948–1950

Sale Date: December 7, 2019

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Stillleben mit Maske, 1950–1969

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Stillleben mit Maske, 1950–1969

Sale Date: December 7, 2019

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