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Lyonel Feininger. American painter, printmaker, draftsman, photographer, who lived in Germany from 1887 until 1937. Became commercially successful cartoonist and illustrator for American and German magazines and newspapers in the 1890s, but after 1908 dedicated himself to painting and fine art.
Lyonel Feininger was born into a family of musicians in New York in 1871. Initially trained as a violinist, he went to Germany in 1887 to continue his musical education but soon switched to drawing. He studied art in Hamburg, Berlin, and Paris while supporting himself as a cartoonist and illustrator for German and American periodicals and ...
Mar 1, 2024 · Lyonel Feininger (born July 17, 1871, New York, New York, U.S.—died January 13, 1956, New York City) was an American artist whose paintings and teaching activities at the Bauhaus brought a new compositional discipline and lyrical use of colour into the predominantly Expressionistic art of Germany.
1936. Not on view. This crystalline painting features one of Feininger’s favorite subjects—the Gothic church of Gelmeroda, located near Weimar, Germany. In his many images of the fourteenth-century structure, Feininger explored the building as a physical connector between the past and the present.
Oct 27, 2023 · The German-American artist Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956) is a classic name in modern art. The SCHIRN is dedicating the first major retrospective in Germany in over twenty-five years to this important painter and graphic artist, portraying a comprehensive and surprising overview of his creative work.
Lyonel Feininger | Whitney Museum of American Art. Artists. Lyonel Feininger. 1871–1956. Wikipedia entry. Getty record. Filters. Has image On view. Randomize. Reset. 7 works. Church on the Cliffs. 1953. Off the Coast. 1942. Manhattan Skyscrapers. 1942. Gelmeroda, VIII. 1921. Benz 2. 1919. Windmill. 1919. Daasdorf. 1918. Exhibitions. View all (26)
Mar 29, 2023 · 29.03.2023 to 8.01.2024. Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956) is one of the most important representatives of the art of Classical Modernism. At the age of 16, the New York-born artist arrived in Germany, where he began an impressive career.
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