Brücke Museum
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The Brücke Museum in Berlin
houses the world's largest collection of works by Die Brücke
("The Bridge"), an early 20th century expressionist
movement.
. The collection includes a donation from the painter Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
to the state of Berlin, and a later donation from Erich Heckel
featuring key works from the early years of the movement.
, not far from the former studio of the sculptor Arno Breker
. It conducts research into works by the founding members of the movement and their early 20th century contemporaries. The museum presents both a continually changing selection of its own works, and frequent special exhibitions of works on loan.
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
houses the world's largest collection of works by Die Brücke
Die Brücke
Die Brücke was a group of German expressionist artists formed in Dresden in 1905, after which the Brücke Museum in Berlin was named. 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 Bridge"), an early 20th century expressionist
Expressionism
Expressionism was a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas...
movement.
Origins
Opened in 1967, it features around 400 paintings and sculptures and several thousand drawings, watercolours and prints by members of Die Brücke, the movement founded in 1905 in DresdenDresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
. The collection includes a donation from the painter Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff was a German expressionist painter and printmaker, and a member of Die Brücke.-Life and work:...
to the state of Berlin, and a later donation from Erich Heckel
Erich Heckel
Erich Heckel was a German painter and printmaker, and a founding member of the Die Brücke group which existed 1905-1913.-Biography:Heckel was born in Döbeln . His parents were born in Saxony...
featuring key works from the early years of the movement.
Location
The museum is located in an idyllic natural setting in DahlemDahlem (Berlin)
Dahlem is a locality of the Steglitz-Zehlendorf borough in southwestern Berlin. Until Berlin's 2001 administrative reform it was a part of the former borough of Zehlendorf. Dahlem is one of the most affluent parts of the city and home to the main campus of the Free University of Berlin with the...
, not far from the former studio of the sculptor Arno Breker
Arno Breker
Arno Breker was a German sculptor, best known for his public works in Nazi Germany, which were endorsed by the authorities as the antithesis of degenerate art....
. It conducts research into works by the founding members of the movement and their early 20th century contemporaries. The museum presents both a continually changing selection of its own works, and frequent special exhibitions of works on loan.