The Associated Press 4/20/02 1:49 PM
BERLIN (AP) -- Thieves stole nine expressionist painting masterworks worth several millions of dollars from a Berlin museum early Saturday, police said.
The thieves broke into the Bruecke-Museum after disconnecting the alarm and smashing a rear window, police said. Six of the paintings were by Erich Heckel and the rest by Emil Nolde, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Max Pechstein.
The museum houses one of the most important collections of expressionist art, a style that emerged largely in Germany in the early 20th century.
Die Bruecke -- German for "The Bridge" -- was the name of a group of German painters whose founders in 1905 included Heckel and Kirchner.
Subject: Heckel, Nolde, Kirchner & Pechstein (not a law firm)
Dear Subscribers,
Following up on Saturdays theft of nine expressionist paintings from Berlin's Bruecke-Museum; here is a little more information.
Berlin, Germany Bruecke-Museum April 20, 2002
Nine paintings stolen:
1. Erich Heckel (1883-1970) "Römisches Stilleben" 2. Erich Heckel (1883-1970) "Nordsee" 3. Erich Heckel (1883-1970) "Roquariol" 4. Erich Heckel (1883-1970) "Tubingen" 5. Erich Heckel (1883-1970) "Irrer Soldat" 6. Erich Heckel (1883-1970) "Bildnis Otto Mueller" 7. Emil Nolde (1868-1956) "Herr Sch." 8. Max Pechstein (1881-1955) "Junges Madchen" 9. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938) - N/A