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Dr Rosa Schapire
Presented by the executors of Dr Rosa Schapire 1954
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<p>Schmidt-Rottluff made several portraits of Dr Rosa Schapire (1874–1954). Trained as an art historian, she was one of the first supporters of the Brücke group, of which Schmidt-Rottluff was a founder member. Both this work and <i>Woman with a Bag</i> were incorporated in the decorative scheme, which Schmidt-Rottluff carried out in 1921 for her apartment in Hamburg. She came to England in 1939 as a refugee from Nazi persecution, bringing with her a large collection of Schmidt-Rottluff’s work.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2008</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
18 April 2005 – 31 October 2005
2005-10-31
18 April 2005
2005-04-18
Tate Modern (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/
2005-04-18
Degenerate Art
Collection based display
20 November 2005 – 26 February 2006
2006-02-26
20 November 2005 – 26 February 2006
2006-02-26
2005-11-20
Kunsthalle Bielefeld (Bielefeld, Germany)
http://www.kunsthalle-bielefeld.de
2005-11-20
Kirchner and the Brüke: Self Portraits - Artist's Portraits
Loan-out
7 December 2008 – 19 April 2009
2009-04-19
7 December 2008 – 19 April 2009
2009-04-19
2008-12-07
Felix-Nussbaum-Haus (Osnabrück, Germany)
2008-12-07
The Jewish Diaspora as Topography of Art Modernism
Loan-out
28 August 2009 – 21 February 2010
2010-02-21
5 December 2009 – 21 February 2010
2010-02-21
2009-12-05
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz (Chemnitz, Germany)
2009-08-28
Rosa Schapire
Loan-out
Dr Rosa Schapire
support: 1006 × 873 mm
frame: 1121 × 981 × 80 mm
Presented by the executors of Dr Rosa Schapire 1954
<p>Schmidt-Rottluff made several <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a> of Dr Rosa Schapire (1874–1954). Trained as an art historian, she was one of the first supporters of the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/b/brucke" title="Glossary definition for 'Brücke'"><span>Brücke</span></a> group, of which Schmidt-Rottluff was a founder member. Both this work and <i>Woman with a Bag</i> were incorporated in the decorative scheme, which Schmidt-Rottluff carried out in 1921 for her apartment in Hamburg. She came to England in 1939 as a refugee from Nazi persecution, bringing with her a large collection of Schmidt-Rottluff’s work.</p>

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<p><b>Karl Schmidt-Rottluff</b><span> 1884-1976 </span>
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<p><span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/schmidt-rottluff-dr-rosa-schapire-n06248" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N06248</span></a> </span><b>Dr Rosa Schapire</b><span> 1919 </span>
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<p><span>Inscribed 'S. Rottluff 1919' t.r., 'Schmidt-Rottluff "Bildnis Rosa Schapire"' on stretcher and 'Unsrer Ro | Zur Weihnacht 1919 | K.u.E.' on back of canvas</span>
<br/><span>Oil on canvas, 39 5/8 x 34 3/8 (100.5 x 87.5)</span>
<br/><span>Presented by the Executors of Dr Rosa Schapire in accordance with her wishes 1954</span>
<br/><i>Prov:</i><span>
Dr Rosa Schapire, Hamburg and London (gift from the artist and his wife)</span>
<br/><i>Exh:</i><span>
</span><i>Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Gemälde, Aquarelle, Graphik</i><span>, Kunstverein, Hanover, November 1963-January 1964 (78); Museum Folkwang, Essen, January-March 1964 (78); Kunstverein, Frankfurt, March-May 1964 (78); Akademie der Künste, Berlin, June-July 1964 (78); </span><i>Lovis Corinth and German Expressionism</i><span>, Leicester Museum and Art Gallery, December 1967-January 1968 (no catalogue); </span><i>20th Century Portraits</i><span>, National Portrait Gallery Exhibition Rooms, London, June-September 1978 (32, repr.)</span>
<br/><i>Lit:</i><span>
Will Grohmann, </span><i>Karl Schmidt-Rottluff</i><span>
(Stuttgart 1956), pp.44, 47, 290, repr. p.263; Gerhard Wietek, 'Dr phil. Rosa Schapire' in </span><i>Jahrbuch der Hamburger Kunstsammlungen</i><span>, IX, 1964, pp.114-60, repr. p.146</span>
<br/><i>Repr:</i><span>
Wilhelm R. Valentiner, </span><i>Schmidt-Rottluff</i><span>
(Leipzig 1920), pl.17 </span>
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<p><span>Dr Rosa Schapire (1874-1954), trained as an art historian at Zurich and Heidelberg Universities, was one of the first supporters of the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/b/brucke" title="Glossary definition for 'Brücke'"><span>Brücke</span></a> group; she was a close friend of Schmidt-Rottluff from 1908 and in 1924 published a catalogue of his graphic oeuvre. She came to England in 1939 as a refugee from Nazi persecution, bringing with her a treasured collection of his <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a>, <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculptures</span></a> and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a>, as well as some 200 painted postcards and letters from Schmidt-Rottluff, Heckel, Pechstein, Kirchner and other artists of their circle. </span>
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<p><span>This <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> was painted during the summer of 1919 at Hohwacht on the Baltic coast, and was given to her as a Christmas present later the same year by the artist and his wife. There are the beginnings of another <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a> on the back of the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/canvas" title="Glossary definition for 'Canvas'"><span>canvas</span></a>. Another portrait of her painted in 1911 is now in the Brücke-Museum in Berlin and there is a portrait of 1915 in the Niemeyer collection, Hamburg; a further portrait made in 1911, showing her full-length, is no longer in existence. She was also the subject of a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/lithography" title="Glossary definition for 'Lithography'"><span>lithograph</span></a> and five <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/woodcut" title="Glossary definition for 'Woodcut'"><span>woodcuts</span></a> by Schmidt-Rottluff. </span>
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<p><span>This picture and 'Woman with a Bag' [Tate </span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="/art/artworks/N05953" onclick="popTateObjects(event, -1, 'N05953');" title="View details of this artwork"><span>N05953</span></a><span>] were both incorporated in the decorative scheme which Schmidt-Rottluff carried out in 1921 for the living-room of Rosa Schapire's apartment in Hamburg. He designed and - in certain cases with her help - also made a table, stools, cupboards and other furniture, a carpet, cushions, tablecloths, etc.; the ensemble being completed by a group of his carvings and paintings. The paintings and sculptures were brought to England in 1939, but the furniture had to be left behind in Hamburg, where it was destroyed in an air-raid. </span>
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><span>Ronald Alley, </span><i>Catalogue of the Tate Gallery's Collection of Modern Art other than Works by British Artists</i><span>, Tate Gallery and Sotheby Parke-Bernet, London 1981, pp.673-4, reproduced p.673</span>
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2004-09-15T00:00:00
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