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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In der Dämmerung (Männerporträt), 1907

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In der Dämmerung (Männerporträt), 1907

Sale Date: May 14, 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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Die weißen Blumen, 1968

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Die weißen Blumen, 1968

Sale Date: May 14, 2011

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Villa mit turm, 1911

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Villa mit turm, 1911

Sale Date: March 30, 2011

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

Sale Date: March 26, 2011

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Kopf einer alten Frau, 1923

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Kopf einer alten Frau, 1923

Sale Date: March 26, 2011

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Mädchenkopf, 1923

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Mädchenkopf, 1923

Sale Date: March 26, 2011

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Bauerngehöft, 1920

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Bauerngehöft, 1920

Sale Date: February 18, 2011

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Christus, 1918

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Christus, 1918

Sale Date: February 18, 2011

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Herbst im moor (Autumn marshland)

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Herbst im moor (Autumn marshland)

Sale Date: February 9, 2011

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Mädchen am tisch, 1925

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Mädchen am tisch, 1925

Sale Date: February 9, 2011

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Liegender Akt, 1913

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Liegender Akt, 1913

Sale Date: February 10, 2011

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Ostseeküste, 1920–1921

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Ostseeküste, 1920–1921

Sale Date: December 2, 2010

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

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

Sale Date: December 8, 2010

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Die Heiligen Drei Könige, 1917

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Die Heiligen Drei Könige, 1917

Sale Date: December 8, 2010

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Hellblaue Iris, 1965

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Hellblaue Iris, 1965

Sale Date: December 4, 2010

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Russischer Wald, 1918

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Russischer Wald, 1918

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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Bildnis Valentiner II, 1923

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Bildnis Valentiner II, 1923

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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Kopf eines Mannes (from Arno Holz zum 60...., 1922

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Kopf eines Mannes (from Arno Holz zum 60...., 1922

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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Kopf, 1919

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Kopf, 1919

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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Russische Landschaft, 1919

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Russische Landschaft, 1919

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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Christus und Judas, pl. 9 (from 9..., 1918

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Christus und Judas, pl. 9 (from 9..., 1918

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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Christus flucht dem Feigenbaum, pl. 5 (from..., 1918

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Christus flucht dem Feigenbaum, pl. 5 (from..., 1918

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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Aus einer Privatsammlung in Ohio, USA, 1916

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Aus einer Privatsammlung in Ohio, USA, 1916

Sale Date: December 3, 2010

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