Brücke

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Die Brücke was a group of expressionist artists formed in Dresden, Germany in 1905. The name means "the bridge" in German, and represents their ambition to build a bridge to the future. It was formed by four architecture students, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Fritz Bleil, Erich Heckel, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, and was later joined by Emil Nolde and Max Pechstein. They rebelled against the traditional art education of the academy and pursued free expression. They used bright colors, bold lines, and distorted forms to express intense emotions, instincts, and primitive powers. They also actively produced graphic art such as woodblock prints, and spread their message to a wide range of society.