An abstract modernist, Lyonel Charles Adrian Feininger was part of the German avant-garde of the early twentieth century and one of the early teachers at the Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany in 1919, founded by architect Walter Gropius. In 1921, he had a joint exhibition with Paul Klee at the Weimar Museum.
With Cubist style and evocative color, he depicted modern life, especially factories, bridges, ships, harbors, and buildings.
Feininger was born in New York City to German (showing 500 of 4627 characters). |
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