THE COLLECTION
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (German, 1880–1938)
Manifesto of the Brücke Artists' Group (Programm der Künstlergruppe Brücke)
- Date:
- (1906)
- Medium:
- One from a set of two woodcuts
- Dimensions:
- composition: 5 15/16 x 2 15/16" (15.1 x 7.5 cm); sheet: 11 5/16 x 8 3/4" (28.8 x 22.2 cm)
- Paper:
- Cream, slightly textured, laid
- Publisher:
- Künstlergruppe Brücke, Dresden
- Printer:
- The artist, Dresden
- Edition:
- 7 known impressions
- Credit Line:
- Gift of J. B. Neumann
- Reference:
- Not in Sch. Dube (H)696. Hoffmann 17b.
- MoMA Number:
- 479.1941.2
- Themes:
- Primitivism
- Techniques:
- Woodcut
German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
March 27–July 11, 2011
In this woodcut manifesto, Brücke artists "call together all youth. . . . in opposition to older, well established powers. Whoever renders directly and authentically that which impels him to create is one of us." Brücke artists also used woodcuts to embellish the annual reports, exhibition announcements, and catalogues they sent to "passive members"—patrons who supported the group through annual donations.