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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Elbhafen, 1907

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Elbhafen, 1907

Sale Date: April 26, 2008

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Nordische Landschaft, 1927

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Nordische Landschaft, 1927

Sale Date: April 26, 2008

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Menschenpaar, 1917

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Menschenpaar, 1917

Sale Date: April 26, 2008

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Christus und Judas, 1918

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Christus und Judas, 1918

Sale Date: April 26, 2008

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Tanne in Lichtung, 1963

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Tanne in Lichtung, 1963

Sale Date: April 26, 2008

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Kopf eines Mannes (from Arno Holz portfolio), 1922

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Kopf eines Mannes (from Arno Holz portfolio), 1922

Sale Date: March 28, 2008

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Arcegno, 1953–1954

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Arcegno, 1953–1954

Sale Date: April 4, 2008

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Altdresdner Häuser, 1908

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Altdresdner Häuser, 1908

Sale Date: April 4, 2008

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

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Lago Maggiore, 1930

Sale Date: April 4, 2008

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Chrysanthemum, 1923

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Chrysanthemum, 1923

Sale Date: April 4, 2008

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Die weißen Blumen, 1968

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Die weißen Blumen, 1968

Sale Date: April 4, 2008

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Drei am Tisch, 1914

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Drei am Tisch, 1914

Sale Date: April 2, 2008

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A wall-hanging, 1910–1911

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

A wall-hanging, 1910–1911

Sale Date: April 2, 2008

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A pillow, 1910–1911

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

A pillow, 1910–1911

Sale Date: April 2, 2008

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A wooden box, 1910–1911

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

A wooden box, 1910–1911

Sale Date: April 2, 2008

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A wooden box, 1910–1911

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

A wooden box, 1910–1911

Sale Date: April 2, 2008

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Mask, 1911

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Mask, 1911

Sale Date: April 2, 2008

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The Wilhelm Niemeyer Collection (201..., 1906–1921

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The Wilhelm Niemeyer Collection (201..., 1906–1921

Sale Date: April 2, 2008

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Lesender Mann, 1921

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Lesender Mann, 1921

Sale Date: March 15, 2008

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Menschenpaar (Adam und Eva), 1917

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Menschenpaar (Adam und Eva), 1917

Sale Date: March 15, 2008

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Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1953–1954

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Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1953–1954

Sale Date: March 6, 2008

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Mädchen mit Zöpfen, 1917

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Mädchen mit Zöpfen, 1917

Sale Date: March 6, 2008

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Landschaft mit sonne, 1916

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Landschaft mit sonne, 1916

Sale Date: March 7, 2008

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Kuß in Liebe, 1918

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Kuß in Liebe, 1918

Sale Date: February 23, 2008

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