Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (* December 1 1884 in Rottluff - August 10 1976 in Berlin) was a German painter of the expressionism.

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Painter - Expressionism

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Karl Schmidt was born in Rottluff near Chemnitz (Saxonia) and called himself Schmidt-Rottluff since 1905. On 7 June 1905 the group of artists Die Brücke (the bridge) was created by the study colleagues of architecture Schmidt-Rottluff, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Fritz Bleyl and Erich Heckel in Dresden. In November 1905 the first exhibition of the Brücke followed in Leipzig. 1913 the group dissolved and in 1938 its works (608 pieces of art) were shown as Degenerate art (Entartete Kunst) in German museums. 1947 he was appointed as a professor to the university of arts in Berlin-Charlottenburg.

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Chemnitz - Saxonia - Die Brücke - Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Fritz Bleyl - Erich Heckel - Dresden - Leipzig - Degenerate art - Berlin

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