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, 1971

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Blumenstillleben, 1971

Sale Date: September 14, 2023

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Fischer am Strand, 1924

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Fischer am Strand, 1924

Sale Date: September 23, 2023

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Christus flucht dem Feigenbaum, 1918

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Christus flucht dem Feigenbaum, 1918

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Inhaltsverzeichnis für die Neumann-Mappe, 1919

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Inhaltsverzeichnis für die Neumann-Mappe, 1919

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Dekorativer Adler, 1920

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Dekorativer Adler, 1920

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Häuser und Mond, 1919

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Häuser und Mond, 1919

Sale Date: February 22, 2023

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Landschaft am Lebasee, 1935

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Landschaft am Lebasee, 1935

Sale Date: July 12, 2023

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Die heiligen drei Könige (1917), aus Zehn..., 1917

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Die heiligen drei Könige (1917), aus Zehn..., 1917

Sale Date: June 24, 2023

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Flasche - Pfefferschoten, 1955

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Flasche - Pfefferschoten, 1955

Sale Date: June 30, 2023

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Pfingstrosen, 1950–1960

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Pfingstrosen, 1950–1960

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Coastal landscape, 1960–1969

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Coastal landscape, 1960–1969

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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Woman with loose hair, 1913

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Woman with loose hair, 1913

Sale Date: June 29, 2023

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STILLEBEN MIT KROKUSTOPF, 1953–1954

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STILLEBEN MIT KROKUSTOPF, 1953–1954

Sale Date: June 3, 2023

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LAGO MAGGIORE, 1930

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LAGO MAGGIORE, 1930

Sale Date: June 3, 2023

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Dorfstraße mit Haus, 1955

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Dorfstraße mit Haus, 1955

Sale Date: June 10, 2023

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1960

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Lago Maggiore, 1930–1960

Sale Date: June 10, 2023

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Münzgasse (Dresden, 1906

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Münzgasse (Dresden, 1906

Sale Date: June 10, 2023

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Sonnenuntergang am Meer, 1933

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Sonnenuntergang am Meer, 1933

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Frauenkopf, 1915

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Frauenkopf, 1915

Sale Date: May 25, 2023

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Street scene in midday sun with trees, 1940

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Street scene in midday sun with trees, 1940

Sale Date: June 23, 2023

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Das Spiel Christa vom Schmerz der Schönheit..., 1918

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Das Spiel Christa vom Schmerz der Schönheit..., 1918

Sale Date: May 22, 2023

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Kunsthütte Chemnitz, 1929

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Kunsthütte Chemnitz, 1929

Sale Date: May 22, 2023

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Kestner Mappe II (portfolio of 6), 1923

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Kestner Mappe II (portfolio of 6), 1923

Sale Date: May 22, 2023

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Reichswappen II, 1919

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Reichswappen II, 1919

Sale Date: May 22, 2023

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