Lyonel Feininger: An American in Paris features 36 nature studies, drawings, watercolors, and woodcuts of sights in and around this great European city by Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956).
![Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)
Die Eisenbahnbrücke (Railroad Viaduct), 1919
Woodcut on yellow Kozo paper
Print: 13 1/8 x 16 3/4 in. (33.3 x 42.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 x 19 1/2 in. (38.1 x 49.5 cm)
Signed lower left: Lyonel Feininger
Inscribed lower left: ♀[reversed] X
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Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
Fritzie (Frederick Strothmann), Paris, 1892–1893
Pencil on paper
5 3/8 x 3 5/8 in. (13.7 x 9.2 cm)
Titled and dated lower right: "Fritzie" Paris, 1892-3
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
(Mansard Roofs and Chimney), 1892
Pencil on paper
3 5/8 x 5 3/8 in. (9.2 x 13.7 cm)
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
In my Paris Studio, 1893
Charcoal heightened with white on paper
10 5/8 x 7 3/8 in. (27 x 18.7 cm)
Inscribed and dated lower left: in my Paris Studio, Jan. 1893
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
Pottes & Pannes, 1893
Pencil on paper mounted on card
6 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (16.5 x 13 cm)
Signed and dated lowr left: Feininger Paris, Feb. 8. 1893
Titled lower right: "Pottes & Pannes"
Lyonel Feininger (1871—1956)
Mantelpiece, Cluny Museum, 1893
Charcoal on paper
9 1⁄16 x 7 1⁄16 in. (23.4 x 18.5 cm)
Titled and dated lower right: Mantel-piece from Cluny Museum. Mar. 14” 93.
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
That "Little Chunky Thing", 1893
Pencil on card
9 x 5 7/8 in. (22.9 x 14.9 cm)
Titled and dated lower left: that "little chunky thing" Paris 1893 März
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
Iron-Treasure-safe, Cluny Museum, 1893
Pencil on paper
9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (23.5 x 18.2 cm)
Sigend center left: Leon Feininger
Inscribed and dated lower right: Iron treasure safe Cluny Museum March 15th 1893, top of chest.
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
Cluny (Statue), 1907
Pencil on paper
5 3/16 x 8 1⁄8 in. (14.2 × 21.2 cm)
Titeld and dated lower right: CLUNY, TUES FEB 12 07
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
Casket, Cluny Museum, Paris, 1893
Charcoal heightened with white and copper on paper
9 1⁄4 x 6 in. (24.5 x 15.3 cm)
Signed and titled lower left: Leonell Feininger [C]luny Museum P[aris]
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
Cluny (Statues), 1907
Pencil on paper
12 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. (32.4 x 24.8 cm)
Titeld and dated lower center: CLUNY, TUES. FEB. 12. 07
Lyonel Feininger (1871—1956)
Paris (Avenue de l'Observatoire), 1907
Pencil on paper
11 15/16 x 9 1/16 in. (30.3 x 23 cm)
Titled and dated lower right: PARIS TUES 19 MAR 07
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
(Chimneys and Figures, Paris), 1906
Pencil on paper
7 3/4 x 5 1/4 in. (19.7 x 13.3 cm)
Dated upper right: Sun Nov 11 06
Lyonel Feininger (1871—1956)
Paris (Houses), 1907
Pencil on lined paper
8 1/8 x 5 1/4 in. (20.6 x 13.3 cm)
Titled and dated lower right: PARIS THUR APR 11 07
Lyonel Feininger (1871—1956)
(Paris Houses on Corner), 1907
Pencil on lined paper
8 1/4 x 5 in. (21 x 12.7 cm)
Dated lower right: SAT APR 20 07
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
(Street in Paris), 1907
Pencil on paper
6 5/8 x 4 in. (16.8 x 10.2 cm)
Dated upper right: FRI MAY 24 07
Lyonel Feininger (1871—1956)
Dans la rue Denfert-Rocher, Paris, c. 1907
Pencil heigthened with white on paper
6 1/8 x 4 1/2 in. (15.6 x 11.4 cm)
Titled lower left: dans la rue Denfert-Rocher, Paris
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
Pariser Strasse (Paris Street), 1915
Watercolor and ink on paper
11 9/10 x 8 8/9 in. (30.2 x 22.4 cm)
Signed lower left: Feininger
Dated lower right: Dienst. d. 21. Dez. 1915
Titled lower center: PARISER STRASSE
Inscribed bottom left: X
Lyonel Feininger (1871—1956)
(Paris Houses), 1907
Pencil heightened with white on paper
9 1/2 x 6 1/4 in. (24.1 x 15.9 cm)
Dated lower center: APR. 18. 07
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
(Houses on a Street, Paris), 1908
Pencil and crayon on graph paper
6 1/8 x 3 3/4 in. (15.6 x 9.5 cm)
Dated upper left: 7 APR 08
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
Paris (Newspaper Readers), 1908
Watercolor and ink on paper
10 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (26 x 21 cm)
Signed lower left: Feininger
Inscribed bottom left: X PARIS L.F.
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
(Suburban House), 1911
Crayon and pencil on paper
6 7/8 x 5 1/8 in. (17.5 x 13 cm)
Dated lower left: Mon. May 15th 1911
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
(Figure Study, Paris), 1907
Pencil on paper
10 1/8 x 8 in. (25.7 x 20.3 cm)
Dated upper center: 13 APR 07
Lyonel Feininger (1871—1956)
Strassenpflasterer (Men Working), 1910
Ink and charcoal on paper
12 1/2 x 9 5/8 in. (31.7 x 24.3 cm)
Signed lower right: Feininger
Dated bottom right: SUNDAY APR. 3. 10
Titled lower center: “Men Working” Strassenpflasterer
Inscribed bottom left: X X L.F.
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
(Figure Sketch), 1911
Crayon on paper
5 3/8 x 8 1/2 in. (13.7 x 21.6 cm)
Lyonel Feininger (1871—1956)
Bas-Meudon, 1907
Pencil on paper
7 1/8 x 7 1/4 in. (18.1 x 18.4 cm)
Dated lower right: FRI MAR 22 07
Titeld lower center: Bas-Meudon
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
Arcueil, 1893
Charcoal heightened with copper on paper
12 3/4 x 7 in. (32.4 x 17.8 cm)
Signed lower left: L Feininger
Inscribed lower right: Arceuil [sic] April 24th 1893 weiss- Breiten: Seiten 4 ½ cent oben 3, unten 4
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
(Bourg-La-Reine, Paris), 1911
Pencil on paper
12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.8 x 24.1 cm)
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
(Tour Clovis, former Abbey Sainte-Geneviève, Paris), 1906
Pencil on paper
7 1⁄16 x 5 1⁄16 in. (18.2 x 13.4 cm)
Dated upper right: Thurs Nov 8 1906
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
(Landscape with Viaduct near Meudon), 1911
Pencil on paper
9 1/2 x 12 3/8 in. (24.1 x 31.4 cm)
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
Arcueil, Paris (Aqueduct in Arcueil near Paris), 1911
Pencil on paper
12 x 9 2/5 in. (30.5 x 23.9 cm)
Inscribed and dated lower right: Arceuil. [sic] PARIS. 14. V. 11
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
(Street with Figures), 1911
Pencil on paper
5 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (14 x 21.9 cm)
Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956)
Die Eisenbahnbrücke (Railroad Viaduct), 1919
Woodcut on yellow Kozo paper
Print: 13 1/8 x 16 3/4 in. (33.3 x 42.5 cm)
Sheet: 15 x 19 1/2 in. (38.1 x 49.5 cm)
Signed lower left: Lyonel Feininger
Inscribed lower left: ♀[reversed] X
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Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
(Railroad Viaduct), 1911
Ink on paper
8 1/8 x 9 3/8 in. (20.6 x 23.8 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: Feininger 1911
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
Viaduct, 1955
Watercolor and ink on paper
9 3/8 x 12 1/2 in. (23.8 x 31.8 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Feininger 7. VII. ‘55
Titled lower right: Viaduct
Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)
(Railroad Viaduct), 1911
Crayon on paper
6 1/4 x 8 in. (15.9 x 20.3 cm)
Signed upper right: Feininger
Dated upper left: Wed Sep 13 11
Lyonel Feininger (1871—1956)
(Paris Houses), 1918
Woodcut on paper
Sheet: 14 7/8 x 19 5/8 (37.8 x 49.8 cm)
Image: 13 1/8 x 15 3/16 in. (33.2 x 38.7 cm)
Signed lower left: Lyonel Feininger
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Lyonel Feininger in Paris, 1906
1871
Lyonel Feininger is born on July 17 in New York to Karl and Elizabeth Feininger; he is the first of three children.
1887
Leaves for Germany and starts studying at the General Vocational and Crafts School in Hamburg.
1888
Moves to Berlin and begins studying at the Royal Academy of Arts.
1892
Leaves the Academy and moves to Paris.
1893
Moves back to Berlin and starts working as a freelance cartoonist and illustrator.
1901
Marries Clara Fürst, birth of daughter Eleonora.
1902
Birth of daughter Marianne.
1905
Meets Julia Berg (née Lilienfeld) and separates from his wife.
1906
Moves with Julia to Paris and their son Andreas is born. Works on two comic strips for The Chicago Sunday Tribune.
1907
Executes his first oil painting.
1908
Marries Julia in London, returns to Berlin.
1909
Birth of son Laurence.
1910
Birth of son Theodore Lux (T. Lux).
1911
Six paintings are shown at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris.
1913
Five paintings are shown at the Erster Deutscher Herbstsalon, organized by the Galerie Der Sturm in Berlin.
1917
First solo exhibition at the Galerie Der Sturm.
1919
Is appointed the first master of the Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar.
1921
Composes his first fugue.
1926
Moves with the Bauhaus to Dessau as master without teaching duties.
1929
Works on a series of paintings for the City of Halle (Saale).
1931
Completes his Halle series. Retrospectives in Dresden, Essen, and at the Nationalgalerie in Berlin.
1934
Moves to Berlin-Siemensstadt.
1935
The National Socialists declare his art “degenerate.”
1936
Teaches a summer course at Mills College in Oakland, California.
1937
Leaves Germany, teaches another summer course at Mills College and then settles in New York City.
1939
Works on murals for the 1939/1940 New York World’s Fair.
1942
One of his paintings is awarded a purchase prize by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
1944
Retrospective with Marsden Hartley at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
1945
Teaches a summer course at Black Mountain College in Asheville, North Carolina.
1956
Dies on January 13 in his New York apartment.