Feininger lyonel biography of williams

1. Roots and Early Influences
2. Parysian Education and Artistic Breakthrough
3. Modernist Experiments and Expressionist Connections
4. Bauhaus and Artistic Maturity
5. Persecution and Emigration to the United States

Roots and Early Influences

Lyonel Feininger was born into a musically inclined family of German descent.

In 1887-88, upon returning with his family to Germany, he honed his drawing skills at an art school in Hamburg and later at the Berlin Academy of Arts from 1889-92.

Feininger lyonel biography of williams

Even as a student, Feininger's talent as a draftsman was evident, and he contributed to the satirical magazine "Humoristische Blätter."

Parysian Education and Artistic Breakthrough

In 1892, Feininger pursued further studies in Paris under Filippo Colarossi.

He returned to Berlin in 1893 and worked as a caricaturist for various newspapers. A second trip to Paris in 1906 prove