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  • Max Pechstein in his house, 1915. By Waldemar Titzenthaler Max Pechstein

    Max Pechstein (1881-1955) was born in Eckesbach and joined the Dresden “Brücke” in 1906. After visiting Italy and Paris, where he met Kees van Dongen, he moved to Berlin in 1908 and became president of the “Neue Sezession” in 1910. He was expelled…

  • The Bridge at Erfurt The Bridge at Erfurt

    Originally called View from My Window, this was the upstairs view from Max Pechstein’s guest room in the Hess house. Painted sometime between 6th and 18th April 1919, during one of many visits Pechstein made to the Hess family home in Erfurt. The…

  • Nidden coastline with fishing boats Nidden Coastline With Fishing Boats

    Pechstein had been living in Berlin for a year when, in 1909, he was delighted to learn he had sold two of the three paintings he had exhibited at the Berlin Secession. With the money he went on holiday to the remote, unspoiled village of Nidden on…

  • Portrait of Alfred Hess Portrait of Alfred Hess

    Pechstein joined the Brücke group of painters in 1906. With Heckel he was one of many artists who received hospitality in the Hess house. For the Brücke artists printmaking was a major means of expression. Here Pechstein uses the woodcut to portray…

  • Thy Kingdom come, Thy Will be done, on Earth as in Heaven Thy Kingdom Come, Thy Will be Done, on Earth as in Heaven

    Plate 4 of The Lord’s Prayer, a set of 12 woodcuts published by Propylaen-Verlag, Berlin, in 1921. The poses of the three figures reflect the three stages of the prayer. Pechstein joined the Brücke in 1906 and after living in Paris for some months…

  • Three Nudes on a Beach Three Nudes on a Beach

    The Brücke artists often holidayed together in the summer, sketching their models from life outdoors, in the woods or on the beach. Although produced after Pechstein’s expulsion from Die Brücke in 1912, this work symbolises an important Brücke…

  • Illustrated Letter 1 Two Illustrated Letters

    Dr Rosa Schapire (1874-1954) was an important German art-historian and an influential supporter of the German expressionist art group Die Brücke. Based in Hamburg from 1908, she wrote supportive reviews for the Brücke artists, admiring the work of…

  • German Expressionism Catalogue

    Leicester’s internationally acclaimed collection of German Expressionist art, and the eighty-year history of its development, are being celebrated in a new book. ‘German Expressionism: The Leicester Museums and Galleries’ Collection’ presents a full…

  • Conrad Felixmüller Conrad Felixmüller

    Conrad Felixmüller (1897-1977) was born in Dresden, where he also studied. In 1915 he met Ludwig Meidner, with whom he shared a studio in Berlin, and in 1916 he and Lyonel Feininger exhibited in Herwarth Walden’s Gallery der Sturm. He served as a…

  • Otto Mueller, Self-Portrait 1921. Owned by Saint Louis Art Museum Otto Mueller

    The painter and printmaker Otto Mueller (1874-1930) was born in Liebau, Silesia. Before studying painting at the Dresden Academy of Art between 1896 and 1898 he had been a lithographer in Görlitz. In 1898, he moved away from the big city life to…

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