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Die Brücke

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Also known as: The Bridge
Article History
Category: Arts & Culture
German:
“The Bridge”
Date:
1905 - 1913
Areas Of Involvement:
printmaking
painting
Related People:
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Emil Nolde
Erich Heckel
Max Pechstein
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
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Die Brücke, organization of German painters and printmakers that from 1905 to 1913 played a pivotal role in the development of Expressionism. The group was founded in 1905 in Germany by four architectural students in Dresden—Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, who gave the group its name, Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Other artists joined the organization over the next several years, including Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein, Otto Müller, the Swiss artist Cuno Amiet, the Finnish artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela, and the Dutch Fauvist painter Kees van Dongen. These young artists formed an idealistic, communal atmosphere in which they shared techniques and ...(100 of 409 words)

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