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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Parklandschaft, 1954

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Parklandschaft, 1954

Sale Date: November 28, 2006

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Die Sonne, 1914

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Die Sonne, 1914

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Haarflechtende, 1920

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Haarflechtende, 1920

Sale Date: November 29, 2006

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Christus unter den Frauen, 1919

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Christus unter den Frauen, 1919

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Elbhafen, 1910

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Elbhafen, 1910

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1953–1954

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Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1953–1954

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Vase mit Herbstlichen Blättern, 1945

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Vase mit Herbstlichen Blättern, 1945

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Herbstliche Landschaft, 1941

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Herbstliche Landschaft, 1941

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Flundern, 1955

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Flundern, 1955

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Trockene Distel, 1962

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Trockene Distel, 1962

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Tulpen in Blauer Vase, 1966

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Tulpen in Blauer Vase, 1966

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Chrysanthemum, 1923

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Chrysanthemum, 1923

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Stilleben mit Blumentopf und Masken

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Stilleben mit Blumentopf und Masken

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Bei den Netzen, 1914

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Bei den Netzen, 1914

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Vasen und Flasche, 1966

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Vasen und Flasche, 1966

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Blumenstilleben, 1955

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Blumenstilleben, 1955

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Stilleben im Freien, 1954

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Stilleben im Freien, 1954

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Schneeballfrüchte, 1959

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Schneeballfrüchte, 1959

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Die Heiligen drei Könige, 1917

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Die Heiligen drei Könige, 1917

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Liebespaar, 1920

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Liebespaar, 1920

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Grosse Prophetin, 1919

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Grosse Prophetin, 1919

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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9 Holzschnitte (portfolio of 9), 1918

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9 Holzschnitte (portfolio of 9), 1918

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Elbhafen, 1910

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Elbhafen, 1910

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Stilleben mit Bananen, 1950

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Stilleben mit Bananen, 1950

Sale Date: December 1, 2006

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