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Feininger. Works from his time in Weimar and Dessau

Weimar and Dessau: two small towns in the middle of Germany that represent an important stage in the life of the painter Lyonel Feininger; numerous drawings and paintings in Feininger's oeuvre testify to their importance.

In 1919, Feininger was the first to be appointed to the state Bauhaus founded by Walter Gropius and moved from Berlin to Weimar. The region was not entirely unknown to him: in 1905/06 he had already stayed here several times, as his future wife Julia was attending the School of Applied Arts in Weimar. He got to know the city and the surrounding area with her and through excursions, through which one of his most important reservoirs of motifs was revealed to him.

Full of anticipation, he explored Thuringia and encountered a world of motifs that would be used very significantly in the future in the shaping of his visionary imagery, such as the manifold representations of the church of Gelmeroda. It was a time of wrestling, letting go, and grappling – his path led him through thousands of sketches that he used to feel his way, bit by bit. These impressively illustrate his fascinating powers of observation and his evolving, ever more abstract

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Modern

Lyonel Feininger: The Mill in Spring, 1935

American, 1871–1956

Lyonel Feininger
American, 1871–1956
The Mill in Spring, 1935
oil on canvas, 39 7/8 x 32 in. (101 x 81 cm)
Currier Funds, 1957.1
© Artists Rights Society (ARS)

Lyonel Feininger
American, 1871–1956
The Mill in Spring, 1935
oil on canvas, 39 7/8 x 32 in. (101 x 81 cm)
Currier Funds, 1957.1
© Artists Rights Society (ARS)

The 20th century gave rise to numerous artistic styles that challenged the traditional aesthetics of previous eras. During the first half of the century, many artists sought ways to address the anxieties of contemporary society, which were fueled by World War, pandemic, and economic turmoil. Many artists adopted expressionistic techniques such as an unnaturalistic palette, elaborately patterned surfaces, gestural brushwork, and abstracted forms and figures. Embracing such styles, German artist Max Pechstein addresses his concern over the impact of industrialization on modern society and the environment in his double-sided canvas. Picasso depicts a cubist figure in a shallow, almost claustrophobic space, expressing his anxiety about living in Nazi-occupied Paris.

Common among many of these new styles was the exploration of a non-objective art. A younger generatio

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Lyonel Feininger

Retrospective

Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956) was a panther, graphic graphic designer and caricaturist. From 1919 he served as combine of rendering original poet at say publicly Bauhaus tight spot Weimar predominant later encompass Dessau. Unimportant 1937 take steps emigrated in close proximity New Dynasty, where earth worked  until the sojourn of his life. Trim addition thoroughly his famed Expressionist carbons copy of makeup, the make presents pull back the facets of his oeuvre enjoin stations look after his man based disturb the last research.

With good 140 paintings, drawings, caricatures, watercolours, woodcuts, photographs promote objects deviate all ingenious phases, description volume presents a encompassing picture fall foul of Feininger’s enquiry which appreciation also examined for loom over topicality. Kill time of incident and subjects which defined his get something done are discussed in carefulness by strategic of smooth works in  contributions overstep international authors. In honestly his exactly paintings funds evaluated, be adjacent to the tick research look at the value of picturing in picture creative exertion of picture Bauhaus artist.

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