Die Brücke
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Die Brücke, also known as Künstlergruppe Brücke or KG Brücke, was a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905. The founding members were Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig K
Brücke manifesto 1906
Painting of the group members by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1926/7, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Der Blaue Reiter
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Der Blaue Reiter was a group of artists and a designation by Wassily Kandinsky and Franz Marc for their exhibition and publication activities, in which both artists acted as sole editors in the almana
Die Brücke
…chronicle), which led to the ending of the group. The Brücke was one of two groups of German painters fundamental to Expressionism, the other being Der Blaue Reiter group ("The Blue Rider"), formed in Munich in 1911. The influence of the Brücke went far beyond its founding members. As a result, the style of a number…
Wassily Kandinsky, cover of Der Blaue Reiter almanac, c. 1912
Wassily Kandinsky, The Blue Rider, 1903
Franz Marc, Blue Horse I, 1911
Franz Marc, The Tower of Blue Horses, 1913 (missing since 1945)