Died 1956-01-13.
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Lyonel Feininger
Lyonel Charles Adrian Feininger 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. In 1887 he traveled to Europe and studied art in Hamburg, Berlin and Paris. He started his career as a cartoonist in 1894 and met with much success in this area. He also worked as a commercial cari…
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culture · German-American painter (1871-1956) · painter · artist · photographer · illustrator · comics artist · teacher · graphic artist · draftsperson · caricaturist · composer · also Lyonel Feininger, Lyonel Charles Adrian Feininger, Lyonel Charles Feininger, Léonell Charles Feininger, Charles Léonell Feininger, Charles Leonell Feininger
Born 17 July 1871 · Died 13 January 1956 · Q158255
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1936· 1 entry
But before the 1937 exhibition in Munich
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1933· 1 entry
The situation became unbearable for Feininger and his wife
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1919· 1 entry
Feininger was his first faculty appointment, and became the master artist in charge of the printmaking workshop
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1909· 1 entry
And he was associated with German expressionist groups: Die Brücke, the Novembergruppe, Gruppe 1919, the Blaue Reiter circle and Die Blaue Vier (The Blue Four)
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1905· 1 entry
Separated from his wife after meeting Julia Berg
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1900· 1 entry
Met Clara Fürst, daughter of the painter Gustav Fürst
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1888· 1 entry
Moved to Berlin and studied at the Königliche Akademie der Künste, Berlin under Ernst Hancke
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1887· 2 entries
Traveled to Europe and studied art in Hamburg, Berlin and Paris
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Traveled to Germany at the age of 16 to study music, but switched to study drawing at the Hamburger Gewerbeschule
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1871· 1 entry
Born 1871-07-17.
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