Schmidt-Rottluff and art historian Dr Rosa Schapire were good friends. She received many hand-painted postcards from the artist of which this is an example.

Schmidt-Rottluff and art historian Dr Rosa Schapire were good friends. She received many hand-painted postcards from the artist of which this is an example.

Schmidt-Rottluff and art historian Dr Rosa Schapire were good friends. She received many hand-painted postcards from the artist of which this is an example.

Schmidt-Rottluff and art historian Dr Rosa Schapire were good friends. She received many hand-painted postcards from the artist of which this is an example.

Schmidt-Rottluff and art historian Dr Rosa Schapire were good friends. She received many hand-painted postcards from the artist of which this is an example.

Schmidt-Rottluff and art historian Dr Rosa Schapire were good friends. She received many hand-painted postcards from the artist of which this is an example.

Sent as a postcard by Emy Frisch (later the artist's wife) to art historian Dr Rosa Schapire.

By the late 1930s a progressive art collecting policy had been established at Leicester by Art Assistant Arthur C. Sewter, with contemporary British and continental (including German) art being purchased. In 1936, Sewter’s exhibition of Contemporary…

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976) was born in Rottluff and studied architecture in Dresden with Erich Heckel before they formed, with Bleyl and Kirchner, “die Brücke” in 1905. The group were influenced by the works of Nietzsche and Schmidt-Rottluff…