I have been examining an art movement known as Die Brücke (The Bridge). I love the style of printmaking the movements is associated with. I also love the 
philosophical side of this art; Friedrich Nietzsche’s writings are an influence to the group. Nietzsche, and other existential philosophers, are a huge influence on my art, and my creative writing, so I am thoroughly intrigued.
Today, I focus on Erich Heckel. I just love his prints. Look at this coloured woodcut of camp sailors. This image seems important for LG
BT history as well as Art History. Heckel had a wife, I might add; as did lots of gay men in the 20th century.
I like Heckel’s themes. He has done quite a few beach bathing nudes, a subject I return to time and again in my drawings. I feel like I could learn lessons about simplification from these prints.
All images are from Spaightwood Galleries website, and belong to them.
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