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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff    (German, 1884-1976)

 Karl Schmidt-Rottluff - In the Studio (Prints) h: 14.1 x w: 17.8 in / h: 35.8 x w: 45.2 cm
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
In the Studio 1913
 
 Karl Schmidt-Rottluff - Portrait of Otto Mueller (Prints) h: 14 x w: 11.2 in / h: 35.6 x w: 28.4 cm
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Portrait of Otto Mueller 1914
 
 

Biography
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

Exhibitions
2003 March 6 - March 29, "Karl Schmidt-Rottluff", Galerie Maulberger, Munich, Germany
1911 First solo exhibition at the Galerie Commeter, Hamburg, Germany
Tate Modern, London, England
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York, New York
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