Woman's head

1905

Meets Kirchner and Bleyl

Following Heckel, he enrols in architecture at the technical university in Dresden in 1905 but gives it up after one term; Heckel introduces him to Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Fritz Bleyl. Passionately sharing the same artistic interests, they use architecture as a front to study art.

November 1905

First Brücke exhibition in Leipzig

In November 1905 the group's first exhibition opens in Leipzig; Die Brücke aims to create an uncompromising style that renounces all traditions.

1905–1906 · Uddannelse

TU Dresden

summer 1906

Summer on Alsen: Nolde joins Die Brücke

He spends the summer of 1906 on the island of Alsen with Emil Nolde and persuades him to join Die Brücke.

1906

Meets Schiefler and Rosa Schapire in Hamburg

In Hamburg he meets Schiefler and Rosa Schapire, who will later compile the catalogue of his prints.

1906

Karl Schmidt becomes Schmidt-Rottluff

In 1906 (other accounts say already in 1905) Karl Schmidt adds the name of his native town, Rottluff, to his surname and becomes Schmidt-Rottluff.