Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was born on the 1^st of December 1884 and died on the 10th of August 1976. He was a German Expressionist painter and printer. I had written about Karl Schmidt-Rottluff before and it was interesting to look at his prints again after trying lino cutting in Print making. He uses lino cutting on wood, with a size off 170x237mm; in this Print ‘Head of Woman’ (1915) I can see how Schmidt Rottluff uses lines to create this image; his lines are sharp from the cutting as I can see. The colours are the same as the last print, as he only uses black and white to show this. The woman has quite a sharp look, perhaps of anger, due to the sharp lines and use of black. Mostly black has been used mostly expect to show to show the lighter areas of the face. I do like this print due to its technique and expressionist style. I found that he does use this subject matter a lot in his prints, He uses a lot of detail and yet keeps the print simple. For example like this print 'Head of a Woman'.