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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
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Fan account of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, a German expressionist painter and printmaker.
1884-1976
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Two Girls in a Garden https://www.wikiart.org/en/karl-schmidt-rottluff/two-girls-in-a-garden-1914
Two Girls in a Garden
January 31, 2026 at 12:10 PM
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Ornamental initial 'U' from the periodical Kündung, vol. 1, no. 4, 5, 6 (April, May, June 1921) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/114869
Given anonymously
January 31, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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Ornamental initial 'W' (Buchstabe 'W') from the periodical Kündung, vol. 1, no. 4, 5, 6 (April, May, June 1921) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/114867
Given anonymously
January 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Woman at the Piano (Frau am Klavier) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/67301
Purchase
January 30, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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Young Roman (Römischer Jüngling) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/73130
Given anonymously
January 30, 2026 at 8:32 AM
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Saint Francis (Der heilige Franziskus) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/71185
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
January 29, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Pharisees http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79016
Gertrud A. Mellon Fund
January 29, 2026 at 3:06 PM
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Male Head http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/schmidt-rottluff-male-head-n06250
Presented by the executors of Dr Rosa Shapire 1954
January 29, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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The Factory https://www.wikiart.org/en/karl-schmidt-rottluff/the-factory-1909
The Factory
January 28, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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Woman's Head (plate 22) from the illustrated book Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart (German Printmakers of Our Time) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/9028
Purchase
January 28, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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Head (Kopf) from the portfolio Seventeen Lithographs (Siebzehn Steinzeichnungen) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/71199
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
January 28, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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Pharisees https://www.wikiart.org/en/karl-schmidt-rottluff/pharisees-1912
Pharisees
January 27, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Boats on the Sea (Boote auf See) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/71215
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
January 27, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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Ornamental initial 'D' from the periodical Kündung, vol. 1, no. 4, 5, 6 (April, May, June 1921) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/114876
Given anonymously
January 27, 2026 at 8:36 AM
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Cover from the periodical Kündung, vol. 1, no. 3 (March 1921) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/114862
Given anonymously
January 26, 2026 at 6:38 PM
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Gardening https://www.wikiart.org/en/karl-schmidt-rottluff/gardening-1906
Gardening
January 26, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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Kopf https://collections.artsmia.org/art/55145/
Kopf
January 26, 2026 at 9:13 AM
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Ornamental initial 'H' from the periodical Kündung, vol. 1, no. 4, 5, 6 (April, May, June 1921) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/114877
Given anonymously
January 25, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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Man with Pipe [Self-portrait] (Mann mit Pfeife [Selbstbildnis]) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/48302
Man with Pipe [Self-portrait] (Mann mit Pfeife [Selbstbildnis])
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 PM
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Rising Moon https://www.slam.org/collection/objects/13535/
Rising Moon
January 25, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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Self-Portrait (Selbstbilnis) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/48743
Self-Portrait (Selbstbilnis)
January 24, 2026 at 5:11 PM
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Villa with Tower (Villa mit Turm) https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/87107
Villa with Tower (Villa mit Turm)
January 24, 2026 at 3:41 PM
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Girls Blowing Bubbles https://collections.artsmia.org/art/120065/
slightly abstracted image of two girls with greenish skin blowing blue bubbles through straws; bright colors; girl in LRC seen in profile from PL with bobbed brown hair, wearing a green blouse and holding a blue cup; girl in URC wears a black and red striped blouse and has long reddish brown hair; received attached with masking tape to faded dark rose-colored mat **Conservation of this watercolor was made possible by a generous contribution from Dena and Al Naylor.** Two girls concentrate as they blow soap bubbles from straws. Though they are of tender age, angular black outlines define their facial features, hands, and clothing. While the artist captures the iridescence of the bubbles with a superbly refined gradient of blue wash against white paper, he gives the girls chartreuse skin. Decisive, sharp-edged patches of color set off watery patches that seemingly leave much of their effect up to chance. In this moment of silent concentration, the scene radiates energy. The artist, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff balances opposites: the charming and the grotesque; control and abandon. In the early 20th century, Schmidt-Rottluff was one of the leaders of the German Expressionist art movement. He and his peers believed their purpose was not to create images of objects but to convey inner concepts. They transformed visible reality and reduced their creations to what is essential. What are we to make of this image' Schmidt-Rottluff leaves that up to the viewer. Is their pallor tied to the traditional momento mori connotation of bubble blowing' Are they simply two children at play' In any case, he presents us with a humble, nearly universal experience and allows us to explore it through fresh eyes.
January 24, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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Village at the Sea https://www.wikiart.org/en/karl-schmidt-rottluff/village-at-the-sea-1913
Village at the Sea
January 23, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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Harbor Street (Hafenstrasse) http://www.moma.org/collection/works/67336
Purchase Fund
January 23, 2026 at 3:10 PM