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 Kirchner, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Later members were Emil Nolde, Max Pechstein, and Otto Mueller. The seminal group had a major impact on the evolution of modern art in the 20th century and the creation of expressionism. The group came to an end around 1913. The Brücke Museum in Berlin was named after the group.
Painting of the group members by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1926/7, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
Otto Müller was a German painter and printmaker of the Die Brücke expressionist movement.
Otto Müller, Bathers (Badende), 1911, glue paint on plucking, 105 x 90 cm, private collection
Self-portrait with guitar, 1903–04, oil on canvas, 76 × 65 cm, private collection
Three bathing women in the pond, c. 1912, glue paint on plucking, 119 x 90 cm, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund