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Brücke

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/ 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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Brücke

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

Among Mr. Rowland’s high-profile successes was the 2006 recovery of “Berlin Street Scene,” a 1913 painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, from the Brücke Museum in Berlin.

From New York Times ● Aug. 31, 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

A most picturesque view by moonlight is to be had from the east end of the Lange or Kürfürsten Brücke, southeast of the old palace.

From In and Around Berlin by Minerva Brace Norton

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