Die Brücke

Brücke, German for bridge, was a group of artists founded in Dresden in 1905. The name may also mean a bridge to patrons, who could subscribe for a yearly portfolio of prints. Its members joined old German art and art from Africa and the South Pacific to recent French painting, in strong colors that nature does not have. Die Brücke, the Bridge, was founded in Dresden in 1905 by four young artists: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and Fritz Bleyl. They worked side by side until 1913, painting nudes, dancers and city streets in raw color. Their prints matter as much as their paintings: look for rough cuts, flat color and figures reduced to a few strong lines. Connected places: Dresden · Berlin.

• Poster for Die BrückeErnst Ludwig Kirchner, 1907
• The Sea near StaberhukErnst Ludwig Kirchner, 1908
• Wrestlers in a CircusErnst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909
• Cover of the Fourth Yearbook of the Artist Group the BruckeErnst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909
• Russian DancersErnst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909
• Street Corner in DresdenErnst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909
• Elbe Landscape Near DresdenErnst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909
• Dance Hall BellevueErnst Ludwig Kirchner, 1909/1910
• English Step DancersErnst Ludwig Kirchner, 1911
• Two Bathers on the Fehmarn CoastErnst Ludwig Kirchner, 1912
• Three Bathers by StonesErnst Ludwig Kirchner, 1913
• Two Dancers with a CatErnst Ludwig Kirchner, 1913
• Head of a WomanErnst Ludwig Kirchner, 1913