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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Stilleben mit blauem Krug

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Stilleben mit blauem Krug

Sale Date: November 30, 2012

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Stilleben mit Flaschen und Blattpflanze, 1952

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Stilleben mit Flaschen und Blattpflanze, 1952

Sale Date: November 29, 2012

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Jershöft (Pommern), 1921

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Jershöft (Pommern), 1921

Sale Date: November 29, 2012

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Frauen am Meer, 1919

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Frauen am Meer, 1919

Sale Date: November 29, 2012

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Silhouetten von Weiß, 1961

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Silhouetten von Weiß, 1961

Sale Date: November 16, 2012

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See mit baumbestandenem Ufer

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See mit baumbestandenem Ufer

Sale Date: November 9, 2012

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Zwei Mädchen, 1912

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Zwei Mädchen, 1912

Sale Date: November 2, 2012

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Ostseeküste, 1920

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Ostseeküste, 1920

Sale Date: November 3, 2012

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Die Sonne (from Zehn Holzschnitte von..., 1914

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Die Sonne (from Zehn Holzschnitte von..., 1914

Sale Date: November 3, 2012

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Pavillons im Großen Garten (Dresden), 1906

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Pavillons im Großen Garten (Dresden), 1906

Sale Date: October 19, 2012

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

Sale Date: October 19, 2012

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Straße durch Gebirgstal mit Ochsenwagen, 1927

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Straße durch Gebirgstal mit Ochsenwagen, 1927

Sale Date: October 19, 2012

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Nordische Landschaft, 1927

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Nordische Landschaft, 1927

Sale Date: October 19, 2012

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Gespräch vom Tod, 1920

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Gespräch vom Tod, 1920

Sale Date: October 19, 2012

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Christus (Kristus) unter den Frauen, pl.5..., 1919

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Christus (Kristus) unter den Frauen, pl.5..., 1919

Sale Date: October 19, 2012

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Vase mit Blütenzweig, 1964

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Vase mit Blütenzweig, 1964

Sale Date: October 19, 2012

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Jünglingskopf, 1914

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Jünglingskopf, 1914

Sale Date: October 27, 2012

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Paar, 1909

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Paar, 1909

Sale Date: October 27, 2012

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Landscape with Cornfield and Moon, 1924

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Landscape with Cornfield and Moon, 1924

Sale Date: September 22, 2012

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Trees in Winter, 1905

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Trees in Winter, 1905

Sale Date: September 22, 2012

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Der Angler, 1923

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Der Angler, 1923

Sale Date: September 22, 2012

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

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

Sale Date: September 22, 2012

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Landschaft mit weg

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Landschaft mit weg

Sale Date: September 20, 2012

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Anlandende Fischer (from II. Kestner-Mappe..., 1923

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Anlandende Fischer (from II. Kestner-Mappe..., 1923

Sale Date: August 4, 2012

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