Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Watercolor
Robert Mohren
Watercolor,1966
Still Life
signed S. Rottluff,
53,8 x 40 cm
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Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
[German Expressionist Painter, 1884-1976]
One of the founders of Die Brücke. (the Bridge) in 1905 along with
Erich Heckel and Ernst Ludwig Kirschner , Schmidt-Rottluff was
intensely interested in printmaking. The only professionally trained
artist in the original group, he quickly emerged as one of its
leaders, published a runnung commentary on the activities of the group
and playing a large role in organizing their exhibits. The artists of
the group frequently circulated exhibitions of prints in woodcut,
etching, and lithograph; their hope was to strike a prophetic chord
and awaken their compatriots to a new, free, passionate age. Joined by
Max Pechstein, Otto Müller, and Emil Nolde, the artists of the group
exhibited their works in over twenty shows. Their work, all of which
was condemned by the Nazis as "Degenerate," is intense, angular, and
nervous.