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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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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

Professor Brücke has given us the proportions which produce particles particularly suited to our present purpose.

From Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 by John Tyndall

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