52 oils paintings and watercolours spanning over 60 years make up this important retrospective of Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, one of German expressionism’s most outstanding exponents. A founder member of the Die Brücke group in 1905, Schmidt-Rottluff experimented first with neo-impressionism and later re-created nature in his own fashion. In the pre-war years, he produced a large number of sensual primitivist nudes. Declared ‘degenerate’ by the Nazis, Schmidt-Rottluff survived and continued painting until the 1960s.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
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