July 11, 2012

Die Brücke






















Die Brücke was a group of artists initially collaborating in Dresden, Germany.  Erich Heckel was one of the first members, and Emil Nolde joined the group in 1905 (Heckel’s Glassy Day and Nolde’s The Prophet above.)  Sharing similar philosophies on art and the fundamental compulsion to manipulate matter, Die Brücke sought to rekindle the simplicity and direct nature of “primitive” works of art. 


“Primitive people begin making things with their fingers, with material in their hands.  Their work expresses the pleasure of making.  What we enjoy, probably, is the intense and often grotesque expression of energy, of life.” (Emil Nolde, Jahre der Kämpfe)

Die Brücke Museum in Berlin-

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