Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976) 'Head of a Woman' Museum no.
Circ.558-1969 Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was a founding member of the
artists’ group Die Brücke (The Bridge), set up in Dresden,
Germany, in 1905. Together with the Munich group Der Blaue
Reiter (The Blue Rider), Die Brücke were the backbone of the
German Expressionist movement. The artists of this group revived
the woodcut as a medium for fine art printmaking, exploiting the
physical qualities of the wood - such its resistance to the
cutting tool and the pattern of the grain - to produce images
characterised by energy, immediacy and directness. This image
can be found in Print Room Box 9A.