Lyonel FeiningerGerman, 1871–1956Gelmeroda, VIII
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Whitney Museum of American Art
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Meanwhile, in the life of Lyonel Feininger
The whole life1908–1919
Years in Berlin, the “marine” pictures
From 1908 to 1919 he lives in Berlin and paints a series of “marine” pictures in the spirit of Caspar David Friedrich.
1919
First faculty member of the Bauhaus
When Walter Gropius founds the Bauhaus, Feininger becomes his first faculty appointment and the master artist in charge of the printmaking workshop. Among those who attend his workshops are Ludwig Hirschfeld-Mack, Hans Friedrich Grohs and Margarete Koehler-Bittkow.
1919–1933
Views of European cities on canvas
During his years teaching at the Bauhaus, views of European cities become the subject of many of his canvases.
