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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Stillleben mit Krokustopf, 1953–1954

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Stillleben mit Krokustopf, 1953–1954

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Arcengo, 1953–1954

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Arcengo, 1953–1954

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Kiefernwald im Frühling, 1920

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Kiefernwald im Frühling, 1920

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Häuser und Mond, 1919

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Häuser und Mond, 1919

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Ring mit zwei Masken, 1943–1953

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Ring mit zwei Masken, 1943–1953

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Dünen und Mole (Nidden), 1917

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Dünen und Mole (Nidden), 1917

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Ostseeküste, 1920

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Ostseeküste, 1920

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Die Schwestern, 1914

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Die Schwestern, 1914

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Landschaft im Mondschein, 1927

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Landschaft im Mondschein, 1927

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Christus unter den Frauen

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Christus unter den Frauen

Sale Date: June 22, 2018

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STILLLEBEN MIT KRUG (STILL LIFE WITH JUG), 1927

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STILLLEBEN MIT KRUG (STILL LIFE WITH JUG), 1927

Sale Date: June 20, 2018

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DEUTZIE IN ROTEM KRUG (DEUTZIA IN RED JAR)

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

DEUTZIE IN ROTEM KRUG (DEUTZIA IN RED JAR)

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VASE MIT STIEFMÜTTERCHEN (VASE WITH VIOLAS)

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VASE MIT STIEFMÜTTERCHEN (VASE WITH VIOLAS)

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Weg im Schwarzwald, 1964

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Weg im Schwarzwald, 1964

Sale Date: June 21, 2018

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Rittersporn in Vase, 1960–1969

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Rittersporn in Vase, 1960–1969

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

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Der Angler, 1923

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Der Angler, 1923

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Der Schnitter, 1923

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Der Schnitter, 1923

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Petri Fischzug, 1918

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Petri Fischzug, 1918

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Christus, 1918

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Christus, 1918

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Kopf eines Mannes (Man's head), 1922

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Kopf eines Mannes (Man's head), 1922

Sale Date: June 6, 2018

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„Christus unter den Frauen“, 1919

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„Christus unter den Frauen“, 1919

Sale Date: June 2, 2018

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Two Postcards

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Two Postcards

Sale Date: June 3, 2018

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Stilleben (Still Life), 1954

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Stilleben (Still Life), 1954

Sale Date: June 3, 2018

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