In 1905 Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Erich Heckel and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner founded Germany’s first modern-art group, called Die Brücke (The Bridge). Rejecting traditional techniques taught in the academies, they experimented with bright, emotional colors and warped perspectives that paved the way for German expressionism and modern art in general. Schmidt-Rottluff’s personal collection forms the core of this lovely presentation of expressionist art.
David Bowie was a frequent visitor of the Brücke-Museum during his Berlin years in the mid-'70s. Heckel's painting Roquairol inspired the cover of his Heroes album.
A visit here is easily combined with the nearby Kunsthaus Dahlem.
