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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Akte im Freien - Drei badende Frauen, 1913
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Blumenstillleben, 1927–1928

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Blumenstillleben, 1927–1928

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Pelargonientopf, 1951

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Pelargonientopf, 1951

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Kühler Morgen, 1909

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Kühler Morgen, 1909

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A Morning in September, 1966

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A Morning in September, 1966

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Head in Profile, 1914

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Stilleben mit Bananen und Orangen, 1953–1954

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Stilleben mit Bananen und Orangen, 1953–1954

Sale Date: June 1, 2019

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Drei Männer im Gespräch, im Hintergrund..., 1924

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Drei Männer im Gespräch, im Hintergrund..., 1924

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Reichswappen, 1919

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Reichswappen, 1919

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922

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Pineforest in spring, 1920

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Pineforest in spring, 1920

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Coast of the baltic sea, 1920

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Coast of the baltic sea, 1920

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Christ curses the fig tree, 1918

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Christ curses the fig tree, 1918

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The smell of hay, 1906

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The smell of hay, 1906

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Kiss in love, 1918

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Kiss in love, 1918

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Selfportrait, 1914

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Selfportrait, 1914

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Boats in the canal, 1911

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Boats in the canal, 1911

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Hoher Wald

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Christus und Judas, 1918

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Christus und Judas, 1918

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Rosa Päonien, 1967

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Rosa Päonien, 1967

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Stillleben mit Zwiebelblüten, Maske und Glocke, 1962

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Stillleben mit Zwiebelblüten, Maske und Glocke, 1962

Sale Date: May 31, 2019

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Emmaus, 1918

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Sale Date: May 15, 2019

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"Stilleben mit Krokustopf", 1954

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"Mädchen und Wald", 1920

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Stillleben mit Steinkopf, 1962

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Stillleben mit Steinkopf, 1962

Sale Date: May 31, 2019

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