1922
watercolor
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Untitled is a 1922 watercolor by Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, held at Museum of Modern Art.
This painting shows a bright, simplified scene of a lighthouse and a house. The lighthouse is red with a green top, standing on a small patch of grass. The house has a slanted roof and looks like it’s made of wood or stone. Yellow flowers and green bushes fill the background, with a blue sky and fluffy white clouds. The colors are bold and flat, with no shading to make things look real. The artist used loose brushstrokes, almost like quick sketches. The lighthouse is the only tall object, making it stand out. If you like this style, look up *watercolor, glazing* to see how artists build up colors.
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (Karl Schmidt until 1905; 1 December 1884 – 10 August 1976) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker; he was one of the four founders of the artist group Die Brücke.
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