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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OSTSEEKÜSTE, 1920

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OSTSEEKÜSTE, 1920

Sale Date: March 30, 2019

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Mühle am Fluss, 1903

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Mühle am Fluss, 1903

Sale Date: May 4, 2019

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VILLA MIT TURM (SCHAPIRE H68), 1911

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VILLA MIT TURM (SCHAPIRE H68), 1911

Sale Date: March 26, 2019

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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's Graphisches Werk bis...

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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's Graphisches Werk bis...

Sale Date: March 5, 2019

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MYSTERIÖSE BLÜTE I (MYSTERIOUS FLOWER I), 1968

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MYSTERIÖSE BLÜTE I (MYSTERIOUS FLOWER I), 1968

Sale Date: February 27, 2019

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Neujahrsgruß (Schriftblatt), 1922

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Neujahrsgruß (Schriftblatt), 1922

Sale Date: December 15, 2018

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Fischer im Boot, 1923

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Fischer im Boot, 1923

Sale Date: December 1, 2018

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Christus und Judas, 1918

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Christus und Judas, 1918

Sale Date: December 1, 2018

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Christus und die Ehebrecherin, 1918

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Christus und die Ehebrecherin, 1918

Sale Date: December 1, 2018

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Petri Fischzug, 1918

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Petri Fischzug, 1918

Sale Date: December 1, 2018

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Altdresdner Häuser, 1908

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Altdresdner Häuser, 1908

Sale Date: December 1, 2018

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Christus (Kristus) unter den Frauen, 1919

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Christus (Kristus) unter den Frauen, 1919

Sale Date: December 1, 2018

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Fotografische Werkstatt Emy Frisch...., 1914

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Fotografische Werkstatt Emy Frisch...., 1914

Sale Date: December 1, 2018

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„Frauenkopf“, 1922

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„Frauenkopf“, 1922

Sale Date: December 1, 2018

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Die Schwestern, 1916

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Die Schwestern, 1916

Sale Date: November 28, 2018

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Boote auf See, 1913

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Boote auf See, 1913

Sale Date: November 28, 2018

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Windbruch II, 1961

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Windbruch II, 1961

Sale Date: November 28, 2018

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Nebel in den Dünen, 1935

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Nebel in den Dünen, 1935

Sale Date: November 28, 2018

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Gelber Klang, 1964

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Gelber Klang, 1964

Sale Date: December 7, 2018

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Stillleben mit grüner Vase, 1960

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Stillleben mit grüner Vase, 1960

Sale Date: December 7, 2018

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Feuerlilien und Jasmin, 1961

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Feuerlilien und Jasmin, 1961

Sale Date: December 7, 2018

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Selbstbildnis, 1960

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Selbstbildnis, 1960

Sale Date: December 7, 2018

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Gelbe Lilien, 1969

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Gelbe Lilien, 1969

Sale Date: December 7, 2018

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Frau mit aufgelöstem Haar, 1913

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Frau mit aufgelöstem Haar, 1913

Sale Date: December 7, 2018

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