Archive
1905: Fritz Bleyl and the Beginning of the Brücke
4. June 2023
On June 7, 1905, four young architecture students founded the artists’ group Brücke in Dresden. Erich Heckel, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, and - the less well-known today - Fritz Bleyl wanted nothing less than to rewrite art history. Their drive for change contrasts with a time marked by the conservative attitude of Kaiser Wilhelm II. The first years of the Brücke are marked by the search for a new, artistic form of expression and their collective activities as a group. In addition to joint exhibitions, this included the creation of an extensive visual identity. They also actively recruited new members to expand their community of artists and art lovers.
The exhibition 1905: Fritz Bleyl and the Beginning of the Brücke looks at this historical moment from a contemporary perspective. It is the third and final part of a series of exhibitions that examines significant years of the artists’ group from a cultural and historical perspective. In what context were the artworks created, what moved the artists in their time, what surrounded them?
Accompanying the exhibition is a newspaper produced in cooperation with the Kunstsammlungen Zwickau. There, from February 18 to May 29, 2023, a parallel exhibition focuses on the work of Fritz Bleyl.
Please note:
The exhibition will be closed from 1.–3. June 2023. On these days, the symposium Expressionism Revisited will take place at Brücke-Museum. The programme will be streamed live on our website so you can follow the event digitally.
The museum will reopen on Sunday, 4 June 2023. On this Museum Sunday, we will celebrate the last day of the exhibition 1905: Fritz Bleyl and the Beginning of the Brücke with a diverse programme. Admission is free of charge.
Programme
- Opening23 Feb
- Public Tour in German26 Feb
- Workshop for Teachers (in German)3 Mar
- Museum Sunday5 Mar
- Public Guided Tour in German Sign Language 11 Mar
- Public Tour in German12 Mar
- Public Tour in English12 Mar
- Curator´s Tour (in German) 16 Mar
- How bodies move through space? 18 Mar
- Public Tour in German19 Mar
- How bodies move through space?25 Mar
- Public Tour in German26 Mar
- Public Tour in English26 Mar
- Curator's Tour (in German)31 Mar
- Museum Sunday2 Apr
- Wood, cut and print (vacation course in German). Trying out the printing technique woodcut in the forest room (Waldraum) with Yili Rojas 5 – 6 Apr
- Public Tour in German9 Apr
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Art in the forest (vacation course in German). Designing with natural materials in the Garden with meeting lines (Carla Schliephack und Marcos García Pérez)
11 – 14 Apr - Public Tour in German16 Apr
- Talk: Art Mediation in Community (in German and English)20 Apr
- Public Tour in German23 Apr
- Public Tour in English23 Apr
- Public Guided Tour in German Sign Language 6 May
- Museum Sunday7 May
- Public Tour in German14 May
- Public Tour in English14 May
- Public Tour in German21 May
- Public Tour in German28 May
- Museum Sunday4 Jun
Staff
Lisa Marei Schmidt, Curator
Philipp Lange, Assistant Curator, Exhibition
Magdalena Syen, Assistant Curator, Publication
Daniela Bystron, Curator of Outreach
Fee Wüstenberg, programm assistant