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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Stilleben mit Orangen, 1928

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Stilleben mit Orangen, 1928

Sale Date: December 1, 2006

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Haus im Schnee (+ Bei der Heuernte, verso), 1923

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Haus im Schnee (+ Bei der Heuernte, verso), 1923

Sale Date: December 1, 2006

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Frau mit aufgelöstem Haar, 1913

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Frau mit aufgelöstem Haar, 1913

Sale Date: December 1, 2006

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Weiber, 1910

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Weiber, 1910

Sale Date: December 1, 2006

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Drei Bäume am Haus, 1906

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Drei Bäume am Haus, 1906

Sale Date: December 1, 2006

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Stillleben mit Früchteschale

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Stillleben mit Früchteschale

Sale Date: November 10, 2006

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Landschaft im Tessin, 1949

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Landschaft im Tessin, 1949

Sale Date: November 10, 2006

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Roma, Via Appia

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Roma, Via Appia

Sale Date: October 18, 2006

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Castel gandolfo

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Castel gandolfo

Sale Date: October 18, 2006

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Waldinneres, 1940–1949

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Waldinneres, 1940–1949

Sale Date: November 11, 2006

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Gehöft, 1930–1939

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Gehöft, 1930–1939

Sale Date: November 11, 2006

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Hortensientopf

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Hortensientopf

Sale Date: November 5, 2006

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Blumen in vase auf blauem Grund

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Blumen in vase auf blauem Grund

Sale Date: November 5, 2006

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Apfelbäume, 1910

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Apfelbäume, 1910

Sale Date: November 8, 2006

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Lesender Mann, 1921

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Lesender Mann, 1921

Sale Date: October 28, 2006

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Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1953–1954

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Stilleben mit Krokustopf, 1953–1954

Sale Date: October 27, 2006

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Die rote Katze (The red cat), 1922

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Die rote Katze (The red cat), 1922

Sale Date: November 8, 2006

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Landschaft mit Mondschein, 1927

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Landschaft mit Mondschein, 1927

Sale Date: October 27, 2006

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Stillleben mit Rohrkolben in brauner Vase, 1967

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Stillleben mit Rohrkolben in brauner Vase, 1967

Sale Date: October 27, 2006

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Stillleben mit Vasen, 1960–1969

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Stillleben mit Vasen, 1960–1969

Sale Date: October 27, 2006

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Landschaft (Tessin), 1930–1949

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Landschaft (Tessin), 1930–1949

Sale Date: October 27, 2006

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Frauenkopf, 1916

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Frauenkopf, 1916

Sale Date: October 12, 2006

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Mit der Glaskugel, 1932–1941

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Mit der Glaskugel, 1932–1941

Sale Date: October 9, 2006

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Das schwarze Haus, 1958

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Das schwarze Haus, 1958

Sale Date: October 9, 2006

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