Timeline

1884

Born, Chemnitz

1905

Co-founder, with E. Heckel, E.L. Kirchner, F. Bleyl of the artist group "Brücke"
Brücke Museum, Berlin, Germany, inaugural opening
Studied architecture, Polytechnical University, Dresden, Germany

1931

Member of the Prussian Academy, Berlin, Germany

1933

Resigned from Prussian Academy, Berlin, Germany

1937

608 Schmidt-Rottluff paintings seized from German museums by the Nazi Third Reich

1941

Defamed as a “degenerate” artist and was prohibited from exhibiting

1943

Berlin Studio bombed by Nazi's

1947

Professor, University of Arts in Berlin-Charlottenburg, Germany

1976

Died, Berlin, Germany