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"..and so we wish to nicely lift these boys [of Die Brücke] out of their not completely clean diapers and spoke of gestural impotence."
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Die BrückeThe year 1906.. ..an important date for the history of the new German — Die Brücke
"The year 1906.. ..an important date for the history of the new German art and for the decisive role that the black-and-white arts played therein!. ..A characteristic, in a certain sense epoch-making, manner of woodcutting came to maturity.. .Even more than with Munch or Nolde, one receives from the painters of the Brücke the impression that the formal language of the woodcut also influenced their manner of expression in painting."
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Die Brücke
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 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 crea
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