The Artists Who Began the Die Brücke Movement Chose That

The artists who began the Die Brücke movement chose that name because __________.

A)  ​they saw their movement as bridging a number of disparate styles 
B)  ​it was the title of a painting by Emil Nolde, a member of the group 
C)  ​it was the name of their first art exhibition together 
D)  ​an art critic had written an article about them using that title 
E)  ​it was the German hometown of three of the artists