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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Fensterausblick, 1968

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Fensterausblick, 1968

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Vorstadtgarten, 1940

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Vorstadtgarten, 1940

Sale Date: October 24, 2008

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Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1954

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Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1954

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Hofkirche Dresden, 1906

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Hofkirche Dresden, 1906

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Kopf, 1919

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Kopf, 1919

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Fischer beim Aalstechen, 1919

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Fischer beim Aalstechen, 1919

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Menschenpaar, 1917

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Menschenpaar, 1917

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Vase mit herbstlichen Blättern, 1945

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Vase mit herbstlichen Blättern, 1945

Sale Date: October 15, 2008

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Stillleben mit Chrysanthemen, Büchern..., 1945–1949

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Stillleben mit Chrysanthemen, Büchern..., 1945–1949

Sale Date: October 15, 2008

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Christus - Kristus - unter den Frauen, 1919–1964

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Christus - Kristus - unter den Frauen, 1919–1964

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Der Angler, 1923

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Der Angler, 1923

Sale Date: October 15, 2008

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Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1953–1954

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1953–1954

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Mädchenkopf, 1923

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Mädchenkopf, 1923

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Frauenkopf, 1915

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Frauenkopf, 1915

Sale Date: October 25, 2008

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Drei am tisch, 1914

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Drei am tisch, 1914

Sale Date: October 1, 2008

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Hockender weiblicher Akt, 1961

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Hockender weiblicher Akt, 1961

Sale Date: September 25, 2008

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II. Kestner-Mappe (6 works), 1923

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II. Kestner-Mappe (6 works), 1923

Sale Date: October 1, 2008

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Der Angler, 1923

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Der Angler, 1923

Sale Date: September 27, 2008

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Ostseeküste

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Ostseeküste

Sale Date: September 7, 2008

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Hinterhofgärten mit Gartenhäusern vor der...

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Hinterhofgärten mit Gartenhäusern vor der...

Sale Date: July 5, 2008

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Die weissen Blumen, 1968

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Die weissen Blumen, 1968

Sale Date: July 5, 2008

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922

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Kopf eines Mannes, 1922

Sale Date: June 20, 2008

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Der Garten, 1906

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Der Garten, 1906

Sale Date: June 24, 2008

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Vareler Hafen, 1909

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Vareler Hafen, 1909

Sale Date: June 13, 2008

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