Die Brücke

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Die Brücke was a pioneering early 20th-century German art group whose bold colors, distorted forms, and emotionally charged imagery helped define the Expressionist movement.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Expressionist group
art movement
artist group
activeIn Berlin
Dresden NERFINISHED
aim to bridge traditional art and modern life
artisticStyle bold colors
distorted forms
emotionally charged imagery
associatedWith Bohemian lifestyle
avant-garde
country Germany
dissolved 1913
field painting
printmaking
woodcut
foundedBy Erich Heckel
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
Fritz Bleyl
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
foundedIn Dresden NERFINISHED
genre Expressionism
inception 1905
influenced German Expressionism
later Expressionist groups in Europe
modern art
influencedBy Edvard Munch
Neo-Impressionism
Paul Gauguin
Post-Impressionism
Vincent van Gogh
non-Western art
member Cuno Amiet
Emil Nolde
Kees van Dongen
Max Pechstein
Otto Mueller NERFINISHED
movement German Expressionism
nameLanguage German
nameMeaning The Bridge
notableExhibition first group exhibition in 1906 in Dresden
notableWork Nudes in nature
Street scenes of Berlin
period early 20th century
philosophy emphasis on emotional experience
rejection of academic art traditions
relatedMovement Der Blaue Reiter


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