Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Karl Schmidt-Rottluff - Biography
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff counts among the most prominent representatives of German Expressionism. Together with Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel and Fritz Bleyl, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff founded the influential artist group "Brücke" [Bridge] in Dresden in 1924. The style that was soon to become characteristic of the "Brücke" also made works by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff unmuistakable master pieces: The color became a means to express inner perception on the canvas in a broad duct, the depicted objects and figures were simplified after the model of Oceanic Art. Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's oeuvre is dominated by landscape impressions that the artist powerfully composed in a rich coloring and a flowing duct.
After those terrible years during which Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's art was defamed as 'degenerate' by the National Socialist, the artist again made Berlin his domain as of 1947, where he taught as the local art academy, additionally, the establishment of the Brücke-Museum was largely on his behalf. This is also where his works can be viewed today, but also in numerous renowned collections all over the world. Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was honored with the Order pour le Mérite for Science and Art in 1956.
After those terrible years during which Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's art was defamed as 'degenerate' by the National Socialist, the artist again made Berlin his domain as of 1947, where he taught as the local art academy, additionally, the establishment of the Brücke-Museum was largely on his behalf. This is also where his works can be viewed today, but also in numerous renowned collections all over the world. Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was honored with the Order pour le Mérite for Science and Art in 1956.
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Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl
Frau mit aufgelöstem Haar
Signed and with the signature of the printer Fritz Voigt
Woodcut, 1913
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Frau mit aufgelöstem Haar
Signed and with the signature of the printer Fritz Voigt
Woodcut, 1913
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7,200 EUR
7,920 USD
6,048 GBP
7,920 USD
6,048 GBP
22h:44m
3,600 EUR
3,960 USD
3,024 GBP
3,960 USD
3,024 GBP
22h:45m
Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl
Goldene Halskette mit Hohlgliedern und Ösen
With the signature stamp on one of the double links
Gold, 1930
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Goldene Halskette mit Hohlgliedern und Ösen
With the signature stamp on one of the double links
Gold, 1930
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7,000 EUR
7,700 USD
5,880 GBP
7,700 USD
5,880 GBP
22h:53m
9,200 EUR
10,120 USD
7,728 GBP
10,120 USD
7,728 GBP
22h:53m
Schmidt-Rottluff, Karl
Bildnis Brust
Signed and inscribed with the work number "188"
Woodcut, 1918
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Bildnis Brust
Signed and inscribed with the work number "188"
Woodcut, 1918
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1,300 EUR
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1,092 GBP
1,430 USD
1,092 GBP
23h:20m