Lyonel Feininger
- Introduction
- Lyonel Charles Feininger (July 17, 1871 – January 13, 1956) was a German-American painter, and a leading exponent of Expressionism. He also worked as a caricaturist and comic strip artist. He was born and grew up in New York City, traveling to Germany at 16 to study and perfect his art. He started his career as a cartoonist in 1894 and met with much success in this area. He was also a commercial caricaturist for 20 years for magazines and newspapers in the USA and Germany. At the age of 36, he started to work as a fine artist. He also produced a large body of photographic works between 1928 and the mid 1950s, but he kept these primarily within his circle of friends. He was also a pianist and composer, with several piano compositions and fugues for organ extant.
- Wikidata
- Q158255
- Introduction
- Feininger's highly personal style was influenced by Delaunay and Cubism. He moved to Germany in 1887 and enrolled in art classes at the Allgemeinen Gewerbeschule in Hamburg, after which he left for Berlin in 1888 and studied painting at the Royal Academy (Berlin, Germany) from 1888 to 1892. In 1892 and 1906 he attended the art school in Paris run by Filippo Colarossi. From either 1893 to ca. 1907 or 1895 to 1914, Feininger produced illustrations for the journals Ulk, The Chicago Tribune and Le Témoin. He returned to painting in 1907 and was a member of the Berlin Secession from 1909 to 1913 and exhibited with the Blaue Reiter in 1913. He was appointed a Master at the Bauhaus, Weimar, in 1919 and directed the graphic workshop. In 1925 or 1926, Feininger moved to the Bauhaus, Dessau, and continued as a Master until ca. 1932 or 1933 but no longer taught classes. He was the only person to be on staff at the Bauhaus from start to finish. In 1936, Feininger left for New York and a year later, in Germany, his work was declared degenerate by the Nazis. He conducted a course at Mills College (Oakland, California) in either 1936 or from 1936 to 1937. From 1938 to 1939, he designed murals for the Marine Transportation Building and Masterpieces of Art Building at the 1939 New York World's Fair. He was elected president of the Federation of American Painters and Sculptors in 1947 and continued painting until his death in 1956. American painter. Comment on works: Landscapes
- Nationalities
- American, German
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Teacher, Muralist, Cartoonist, Woodcutter, Landscapist, Illustrator, Painter
- Names
- Lyonel Feininger, Léonell Charles Feininger, Lyonel Charles Adrian Feininger, Charles Léonell Feininger, Feininger, l. feininger, lionel feininger
- Ulan
- 500115308
Exhibitions
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Modern Photographs from the Thomas Walther Collection,
1909–1949 Dec 13, 2014–Apr 19, 2015
MoMA
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Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000
Jul 29–Nov 5, 2012
MoMA
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German Expressionism: The Graphic Impulse
Mar 27–Jul 11, 2011
MoMA
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Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity
Nov 8, 2009–Jan 25, 2010
MoMA
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About Face: Selections from the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books
May 21–Jun 5, 2001
MoMA
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Lyonel Feininger has
83 exhibitionsonline.
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Lyonel Feininger Ye Learned Apothecary 1901
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Lyonel Feininger Essen Voting District (Wahlkreis Essen) c. 1904–05
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids from The Chicago Sunday Tribune April 29 - November 18, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids from The Chicago Sunday Tribune April 29, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids Abroad: Triumphant Departure of the Kids, in the Family Bathtub!! from The Chicago Sunday Tribune May 6, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids Pass Sandy Hook Light from The Chicago Sunday Tribune May 13, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids (Abroad): The Kids Terrible Adventure with a Whale! from The Chicago Sunday Tribune May 20, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Piemouth Comes to the Rescue of the Kin-der-Kids from The Chicago Sunday Tribune June 3, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids Make a Lucky Haul! from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (June 10) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Aunty Jimjam and Cousin Gussy Have a Vision of the Kin-der-Kids from The Chicago Sunday Tribune June 17, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger _How the Jimjam Relief Expedition Set Out _ from The Chicago Sunday Tribune June 24, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kid's Relief-Expedition Slams into a Steeple, with Results from The Chicago Sunday Tribune July 1, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kid's Relief-Expedition Meets a Freight-Steamer from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (July 8) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kid's: The Relief-Expedition Meets with Base Ingratitude from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (July 15) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Kin-der-Kids: The Jimjam Expedition has a Collapse from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (July 22) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids: Melancholy Loss of The Jim-jam "Relief-Expedition's" Balloon from The Chicago Sunday Tribune July 29, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids Win a Motor Boat Race upon their Arrival in England from The Chicago Sunday Tribune August 5, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids Nearly Loose Japansky from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (August 12) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids Visit a Football Match and Piemouth Enjoys Himself from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (August 19) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids: Strenuous Teddy Brings his Jiu-Jitsu into Play from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (August 26) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids' Narrow Escape from Aunty JimJam from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (September 2) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger _The Kin-der-Kids: Piemouth is Rescued by Kind-Hearted Pat _ from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (September 9) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids are Taken Captive by Russian Videttes from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (September 16) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids: Japansky Surprises the Governor General who Condemns him to Death from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (September 30) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Kin-der-Kids: Sherlock Bones Shows that He is a Very Clever Dachshund from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (October 7) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids: Mr. Buggins Gets a Pull and Auntie Jimjam Swats Gussie One for Luck from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (October 14) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids: Aunty Jimjam Conceives a Novel Method of Punishment for Cousin Gussie from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (October 21) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids: Aunty Jimjam Resumes her Chase in a Flying Machine from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (November 4) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids: Thrilling Adventure with Wolves in the Wilderness from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (November 11) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Kin-der-Kids: Dr. Dopeski Tries his Newski Cureski on Fatty from The Chicago Sunday Tribune (November 18) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune August 26 - December 2, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune August 26, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune September 2, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Wee Willie Winkie's World fromThe Chicago Sunday Tribune September 9, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune September 16, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune September 23, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune September 30, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune November 4, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune November 11, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune November 25, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune December 2, 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Old Locomotive 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Locomotive (Die Maschine) 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Studies for the comic The Kin-der-Kids 1906
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Lyonel Feininger .a) Five Figures .b) Four Figures 1906
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Lyonel Feininger Five Figures (1906)
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Lyonel Feininger Four Figures 1906
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Lyonel Feininger The Miller and His Child (Der Müller und sein Kind) 1907
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