Ghosties
Lyonel Feininger (New York 1871 - New York 1956)
Lot-No. 230
Proceeds : 21.700 €
Coloured pen a. ink drawing, 8,5 x 14,5 cm (3.35 x 5.71 inches), lo. le. sign. a. dat. Feininger 1955, framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - The Ghosties, rather funny than threatening notwithstanding their name, were brought to life by Feininger since the early 50s. - Provenance: Until 2007 private collection Alfreda Utermann, Dortmund; since then Hamburg private collection. - Versatile American-German painter, draughtsman, caricaturist a. object artist, one of the leading Bauhaus teachers a. one of the most important exponents of modern art. F., son of German parents, studied in Hamburg, Berlin a. Paris a. began working as caricaturist for European a. American Magazines. W. Gropius, founding director of the Bauhaus, made F. professor for graphic art at the Weimar Bauhaus in 1919. The Nazis judged F.s art as 'degenerate' a. the artist moved to New York with his family in 1937. The MoMA showed a great retrospective of F.s art in 1944. From beginnings as caricaturist F. developed into a painter whose cubist style dissolves objects in transparent crystalline surfaces. He preferred marine landscapes a. townscapes, the environments of Weimar play an important role among them. He also created sculptures a. toys.
Lyonel Feininger: Ghosties
Lyonel Feininger (New York 1871 - New York 1956)
Ghosties
Lot-No. 230
Proceeds : 21.700 €
Coloured pen a. ink drawing, 8,5 x 14,5 cm (3.35 x 5.71 inches), lo. le. sign. a. dat. Feininger 1955, framed under glass, uninspected out of frame. - The Ghosties, rather funny than threatening notwithstanding their name, were brought to life by Feininger since the early 50s. - Provenance: Until 2007 private collection Alfreda Utermann, Dortmund; since then Hamburg private collection. - Versatile American-German painter, draughtsman, caricaturist a. object artist, one of the leading Bauhaus teachers a. one of the most important exponents of modern art. F., son of German parents, studied in Hamburg, Berlin a. Paris a. began working as caricaturist for European a. American Magazines. W. Gropius, founding director of the Bauhaus, made F. professor for graphic art at the Weimar Bauhaus in 1919. The Nazis judged F.s art as 'degenerate' a. the artist moved to New York with his family in 1937. The MoMA showed a great retrospective of F.s art in 1944. From beginnings as caricaturist F. developed into a painter whose cubist style dissolves objects in transparent crystalline surfaces. He preferred marine landscapes a. townscapes, the environments of Weimar play an important role among them. He also created sculptures a. toys.
