In 1905, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff became a founding member of the German Expressionist group Die Brücke, a Dresden-based artist collective dedicated to establishing a connection between the primitive work of the past and the art of the present by renouncing academic tradition. Schmidt-Rottluff was strongly influenced by the colorful palettes of van Gogh and Matisse, and though he began his career defining structure with the careful juxtaposition of flat areas of color, by the early 1920s he was using strong, simple lines to create form. This portrait is a superb example of the transition, as deep, jewel-toned washes fill jagged black lines that delineate eyes, nose, lips and hair. Though the depiction is admittedly stylized, the sitter resembles the artist’s wife, Emy Frisch, who was portrayed with similar features in a husband-and-wife double portrait that same year.
Details
- Artist Name: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884-1976)
- Title: Head with Flowing Hair
- Date: 1921
- Medium: Watercolor and ink on laid paper
- Dimensions: 19 x 15-3/4 in. (48.3 x 40.0 cm)
- Credit Line: Norton Simon Museum, The Blue Four Galka Scheyer Collection
- Accession Number: P.1953.313
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Object Information
Pasadena Art Institute, Pasadena, 1953-1954;
Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena,1954-1975;
Norton Simon Museum, 1975.
European Modernists
- Los Angeles, California School of Fine Arts, 1927-04 to
The Blue Four and Their Contemporaries
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Works by the Die Brucke Artists
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Contemporary German Watercolor Painting
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German Expressionist Exhibition
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- The Blue Four Galka Scheyer Collection, Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena, 1976, no. 441 p. 155
- Barnett, Vivian Endicott, The Blue Four Collection at the Norton Simon Museum, 2002, no. 415 pp. 415-416
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