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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Contemporary Realism, Drawings and Works on Paper, Impressionist and Modern Art

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Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Otto Mueller, Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein

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Akte im Freien - Drei badende Frauen, 1913
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Christus unter den Frauen (Kristus unter den , 1919

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Christus unter den Frauen (Kristus unter den , 1919

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Ostseeküste, 1920

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Ostseeküste, 1920

Sale Date: June 21, 2019

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Landschaft im Mondschein, 1927

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Landschaft im Mondschein, 1927

Sale Date: June 21, 2019

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Christus unter den Frauen

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Christus unter den Frauen

Sale Date: June 21, 2019

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a) A shield-shaped hammered silver..., 1910–1920

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a) A shield-shaped hammered silver..., 1910–1920

Sale Date: June 27, 2019

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a) A round silver brooch with face-like , 1910–1912

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a) A round silver brooch with face-like , 1910–1912

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Weiblicher Akt vor Cheminée

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Weiblicher Akt vor Cheminée

Sale Date: June 19, 2019

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Petri Fischzug, 1918

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Petri Fischzug, 1918

Sale Date: June 13, 2019

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Altdresdner Häuser, 1908

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Altdresdner Häuser, 1908

Sale Date: June 13, 2019

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"Bauernkopf", 1908

Sale Date: June 1, 2019

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Two Wooden Boxes and a Pillowcase, 1910–1911

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Two Wooden Boxes and a Pillowcase, 1910–1911

Sale Date: June 19, 2019

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Bildnis Rosa Schapire (recto);..., 1915

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Bildnis Rosa Schapire (recto);..., 1915

Sale Date: June 19, 2019

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Heiliger Franziskus, 1919

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Heiliger Franziskus, 1919

Sale Date: June 5, 2019

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Gang nach Emmaus, 1918

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Gang nach Emmaus, 1918

Sale Date: June 5, 2019

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The Sisters, 1916

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The Sisters, 1916

Sale Date: June 5, 2019

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Stillleben mit Netzkugeln und Federn, 1955

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Stillleben mit Netzkugeln und Federn, 1955

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Gebrauchsgraphische Blätter, 1919

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Gebrauchsgraphische Blätter, 1919

Sale Date: May 31, 2019

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Sitzender Akt, 1914

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Sitzender Akt, 1914

Sale Date: June 1, 2019

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Ziegelei bei Varel, 1909

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Ziegelei bei Varel, 1909

Sale Date: June 1, 2019

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Sonnenuntergang auf der Förde, 1915

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Sonnenuntergang auf der Förde, 1915

Sale Date: June 13, 2019

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Stillleben mit Muschel, 1966

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Stillleben mit Muschel, 1966

Sale Date: June 8, 2019

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Hafenausfahrt, 1934

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Hafenausfahrt, 1934

Sale Date: June 8, 2019

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Boote am Lebasee, 1936

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Boote am Lebasee, 1936

Sale Date: June 8, 2019

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Dünengelände I, 1937

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Dünengelände I, 1937

Sale Date: June 8, 2019

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