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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Trauernde am Strand, 1914

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Trauernde am Strand, 1914

Sale Date: June 10, 2011

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Bäume im Winter, 1905

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Bäume im Winter, 1905

Sale Date: June 11, 2011

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Ostseeküste, pl. 1 (from Kreis graphischer..., 1920

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Ostseeküste, pl. 1 (from Kreis graphischer..., 1920

Sale Date: June 8, 2011

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Winterwald, 1940–1949

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Winterwald, 1940–1949

Sale Date: May 28, 2011

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Heiliger Franziskus, 1919

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Heiliger Franziskus, 1919

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Stillleben mit Lilien und der Skulptur..., 1935

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Stillleben mit Lilien und der Skulptur..., 1935

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Blumen in Vase, 1965

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Blumen in Vase, 1965

Sale Date: June 17, 2011

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Ruinen, 1930

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Ruinen, 1930

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Christus unter den Frauen, 1919

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Christus unter den Frauen, 1919

Sale Date: June 16, 2011

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Emmaus, 1918

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Emmaus, 1918

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Die Heiligen Drei Könige, 1917

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Die Heiligen Drei Könige, 1917

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Müssige Hetären, 1914

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Müssige Hetären, 1914

Sale Date: June 16, 2011

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Liegender Akt, 1906

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Liegender Akt, 1906

Sale Date: June 16, 2011

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Stillleben mit Flasche, 1940

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Stillleben mit Flasche, 1940

Sale Date: June 4, 2011

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Baum mit Weg und Häusern, 1945

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Baum mit Weg und Häusern, 1945

Sale Date: June 4, 2011

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Blumenstillleben auf dem Balkon, 1967

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Blumenstillleben auf dem Balkon, 1967

Sale Date: June 4, 2011

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Mädchen am Tisch, 1921

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Mädchen am Tisch, 1921

Sale Date: June 4, 2011

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

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

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Männlicher Kopf, 1915

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Männlicher Kopf, 1915

Sale Date: June 4, 2011

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Villa mit Turm, 1911

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Villa mit Turm, 1911

Sale Date: June 4, 2011

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Kopf einer alten Frau, 1923

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Kopf einer alten Frau, 1923

Sale Date: May 28, 2011

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Grosse Prophetin, 1919

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Grosse Prophetin, 1919

Sale Date: May 28, 2011

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Christus, pl. 2 (from Schmidt-Rottluff, 9..., 1918

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Christus, pl. 2 (from Schmidt-Rottluff, 9..., 1918

Sale Date: May 28, 2011

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Jünglingskopf, 1914

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Jünglingskopf, 1914

Sale Date: May 31, 2011

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