Feininger, Lyonel (1871-1956)

Creator details

Name
Feininger, Lyonel (1871-1956)
Nationality
American
Biography
Lyonel Feininger was a German-American painter, printmaker, and caricaturist born in New York City in 1871. He studied at the Hamburg School of Arts and Crafts and later at the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin. Feininger was a member of the Blue Rider group and the Bauhaus school, where he taught and worked as a master of the print workshop. He was known for his abstract and geometric compositions, often featuring architectural elements and industrial landscapes. Feininger's work was influenced by Cubism, Expressionism, and the art of the Far East. He was also a prolific illustrator and cartoonist, contributing to magazines such as The Chicago Tribune and The New Yorker. Feininger's art was exhibited widely in Europe and the United States, and he received numerous awards and honors throughout his career. He died in New York City in 1956.

Assets (139 in total)

Sailboats, 1929 (oil on canvas)
Sidewheeler II, 1913 (oil on canvas)
Newspaper Readers II (oil on canvas)
A Church in Halle, 1929 (oil on canvas)
Belgian Railway; Belgische Eisenbahn, 1911 (oil on canvas)
Market Place and Church
Tower I, 1923-26 (oil on canvas)
Evening at the Seashore, 1927 (oil on canvas)
Self-Portrait, 1915 (oil on canvas)
Hopfgarten, 1920 (oil on canvas)
Baltic Schooner, 1924 (oil on canvas)
Barns at Night, 1930 (oil on canvas)

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