In 1906, the group was composed of Emil Nolde (released in 1911) and Max Pechstein. To it was close and Kees van Dongen, who served as a connecting link between the German "bridge" and French artists.
This movement was intended to give a contemporary response to the great artist of the German Renaissance - Albrecht Durer, Matthias Grunewald - revived, in particular, the traditional technique of woodcuts. In addition to the old German masters, these artists have been heavily influenced by "primitive" art, which at this time "discovered" in Europe, as well as post-impressionism.
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