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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Maria (from Neun Holzschnitte), 1918

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Maria (from Neun Holzschnitte), 1918

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Stilleben mit Bitrnen, 1944

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Stilleben mit Bitrnen, 1944

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Katze vor Fenster, 1922

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Katze vor Fenster, 1922

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Leuchtturm, 1922

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Leuchtturm, 1922

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Pommersche Bauern, 1924

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Pommersche Bauern, 1924

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Stilleben mit Äpfeln und Henkelkrug, 1909

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Stilleben mit Äpfeln und Henkelkrug, 1909

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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

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Christus (from 9 Holzschnitte), 1918

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Christus (from 9 Holzschnitte), 1918

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Haus mit Pappeln, 1913

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Haus mit Pappeln, 1913

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Wattenmeer, 1909

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Wattenmeer, 1909

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Stilleben mit Plastik, Birnen und Krug, 1953–1954

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Stilleben mit Plastik, Birnen und Krug, 1953–1954

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Boote außer Dienst, pl. 5 (from Fischer), 1923

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Boote außer Dienst, pl. 5 (from Fischer), 1923

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Ostseeküste, 1920

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Ostseeküste, 1920

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Landschaft mit Sonne und kahlen Bäumen, 1920

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Landschaft mit Sonne und kahlen Bäumen, 1920

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Straße in Rottluff, 1921

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Straße in Rottluff, 1921

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Russischer Wald

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Russischer Wald

Sale Date: May 25, 2007

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Zwei Blumenvasen auf blauem Grund, 1950

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Zwei Blumenvasen auf blauem Grund, 1950

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Hockender weiblicher Akt, 1961

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Hockender weiblicher Akt, 1961

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Hortensientopf

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Hortensientopf

Sale Date: May 23, 2007

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Holbeinplatz (Dresden). Blick über bedeckte..., 1906

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Holbeinplatz (Dresden). Blick über bedeckte..., 1906

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Heiliger, 1918

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Heiliger, 1918

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Menschenpaar, 1917

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Menschenpaar, 1917

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Ostseepartie

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Ostseepartie

Sale Date: May 11, 2007

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Sonnenblume

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Sonnenblume

Sale Date: May 12, 2007

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