of the working class through cynical satires of the effects of capitalist industrialization. He hoped his art would help change the artistic society from one of elitism to a "stream capable of nourishing all of working humanity."
             At the turn of the 20th century, Impressionism was the mainstream artistic movement. Bourgeoisie Parisian life was being rendered on canvas in soft, naturalistic colors. In Dresden, however, a group of architecture students sought to rebel against the glorified portrayal of middle-class life. The students, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Erich Heckel, Fritz Bleyl, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, named themselves Die Brücke and rallied against the Impressionist ideologies, advocating a rebellion against the industrialized society and against the classical idea of beauty. They sought a return to primitivism in both their subject matter, media, and technique. Continuing in the steps of Gauguin, the early Expressionists depicted nudes in nature as a means to protest the indus
             ...