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Brücke

British

/ ˈbrykə /

noun

a group of German Expressionist painters (1905–13), including Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Fritz Bleyl, Erich Heckel, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. In 1912 they exhibited with der Blaue Reiter

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Etymology

Origin of Brücke

German: literally, the bridge

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One involved the Bezold- Brücke effect, a phenomenon in which changing light intensity can make a color appear to shift in hue.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 7, 2026

They addressed the Bezold- Brücke effect, in which increasing brightness can make a color appear to shift in hue.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 23, 2026

Ms. Spellman is a veteran of the fair, but there are several first-timers, including Neue Alte Brücke of Frankfurt, Germany, and Derosia of New York.

From New York Times ● May 15, 2023

Above all, she went with him to the Brücke Museum, to gaze at the works of Kirchner, Kollwitz and Heckel.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 13, 2016

The modern conception of ultra-cellular units, ranking between the molecule and the cell, was first definitely suggested by Brücke in 1861.

From A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution by Carl Von Nägeli

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