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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Selbstbildnis, 1919

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Selbstbildnis, 1919

Sale Date: March 28, 2007

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Emmaus, 1918

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Emmaus, 1918

Sale Date: March 28, 2007

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Tanne, 1914

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Tanne, 1914

Sale Date: March 28, 2007

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Zwei Frauen - Frau und Mädchen, 1932

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Zwei Frauen - Frau und Mädchen, 1932

Sale Date: February 8, 2007

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Stilleben mit roten Blüten, 1913

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Stilleben mit roten Blüten, 1913

Sale Date: February 6, 2007

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Ostseebucht (East sea bay), 1961

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Ostseebucht (East sea bay), 1961

Sale Date: February 6, 2007

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Halbakt - Kopf (from Die Aktion)

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Halbakt - Kopf (from Die Aktion)

Sale Date: November 25, 2006

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Bäume im Winter, 1905

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Bäume im Winter, 1905

Sale Date: December 8, 2006

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Lebasee, 1935–1940

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Lebasee, 1935–1940

Sale Date: December 8, 2006

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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 9, 2006

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Petri Fischzug (from 9 Holzschnitte), 1918

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Petri Fischzug (from 9 Holzschnitte), 1918

Sale Date: December 9, 2006

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Bei den Netzen (from 12 Holzschnitte), 1914

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Bei den Netzen (from 12 Holzschnitte), 1914

Sale Date: December 9, 2006

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Akte vor dem Vorhang, 1911

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Akte vor dem Vorhang, 1911

Sale Date: December 9, 2006

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Landschaft im Mondschein, 1911

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Landschaft im Mondschein, 1911

Sale Date: December 9, 2006

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Heimkehr der Fischer I, 1923

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Heimkehr der Fischer I, 1923

Sale Date: December 9, 2006

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Altdresdner Häuser, 1908

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Altdresdner Häuser, 1908

Sale Date: December 9, 2006

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Stilleben mit Silberlingen, 1964–1966

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Stilleben mit Silberlingen, 1964–1966

Sale Date: December 9, 2006

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Stilleben mit Vase, Flasche und Muscheln, 1951

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Stilleben mit Vase, Flasche und Muscheln, 1951

Sale Date: December 9, 2006

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Stilleben mit Chrysanthemen, 1948–1950

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Stilleben mit Chrysanthemen, 1948–1950

Sale Date: December 9, 2006

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Akantus

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Akantus

Sale Date: December 8, 2006

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Gelbe Schwertlilien, 1967

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Gelbe Schwertlilien, 1967

Sale Date: December 5, 2006

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Erhobener Kopf, 1917

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Erhobener Kopf, 1917

Sale Date: December 5, 2006

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Selbstbildnis, 1914

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Selbstbildnis, 1914

Sale Date: December 5, 2006

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

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

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

Sale Date: November 29, 2006

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