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From the bed that Ernst Ludwig Kirchner skillfully carved, to a cushion that Karl Schmidt-Rottluff sewed with abstract shapes, to a peacock embossed into silver sheet metal on a brooch by Erich Heckel – the creative drive of the Brücke artists knew no bounds. In addition to painting, drawing and …

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, *Bett für Erna Schilling*, 1919, Arven- und Lärchenholz, bearbeitet und geschnitzt, Kirchner-Museum Davos

Thanks to the generous support of the HERMANN REEMTSMA FOUNDATION and the Friends of the Brücke-Museum, the Brücke-Museum has been able to acquire two outstanding paintings by Max Pechstein and Otto Mueller.

The paintings come from the collection of the Jewish art collector and patron Hugo Simon, who was persecuted by the Nazi regime and deprived of a large part of his collection. Both works were restituted from European museums to Simon’s heirs and have been on long-term loan to the Brücke-Museum since 2022.

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Expressionist painting, four naked women lying and standing around a single tree, forest in the background — Max Pechstein, *Vier Akte in Landschaft* (Four Nudes in a Landscape), 1912, oil on canvas, Brücke-Museum, on permanent loan from a private collection

Public tours give visitors the opportunity to jointly discuss the current exhibition Kunst Hand Werk Brücke. The Applied Arts of the Brücke Artists with art educators, who offer tours from diverse perspectives grounded in art history, visual art, contemporary history and pedagogics. Based on the backgrounds of our museum guides, visitors …

Photograph of an abstractly designed wall tapestry with geometric ornaments in bold blue and red tones. — Elisabeth Nielsen-Georgi, Teppich mit blau-rotem Ornament, 1958, Wollzwirn, Smyrna-Arbeit (aufgeschnittener Plüsch-Steppstich) auf Stramin, Brücke-Museum, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025

With Gabriel Rossell Santillán (artist) What happens when we touch instead of just looking? In this workshop, participants explore the world with their hands. Stones, tree bark, manhole covers and other traces of the surroundings invite touch. The hidden rhythms of these materials then appear on paper as patterns and vibrations. …

*Waldraum*, im Garten des Brücke-Museums, 2021, Foto: Constanze Flamme © Brücke-Museum

The Brücke-Museum, built in 1967 to a design by Werner Düttmann, will undergo a sensitive renovation, modernisation, and a purpose-built extension – creating more space for Brücke art, encounters, inspiration, and new projects. More about the competition →

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In 1964, the artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff initiated the establishment of a museum in his city of residence Berlin to honour the artists’ group Brücke. With a donation to the State of Berlin, he laid the foundation for its collection. Just three years later, on 15 September 1967, Brücke-Museum opened in a new building designed by Werner Düttmann in Berlin’s Dahlem district. …

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