The first major retrospective of the artist in Germany in over 25 years
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LYONEL FEININGER. RETROSPECTIVE
OCTOBER 27, 2023 – FEBRUARY 18, 2024
The German-American artist Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956) is a classic name in modern art. The SCHIRN is dedicating the first major retrospective in Germany in over twenty-five years to this important painter and graphic artist, portraying a comprehensive and surprising overview of his creative work. Feininger is famous for his paintings of buildings, crystalline architectures in unmistakable monumentality, and harmonious colors. However, today’s approach often overlooks the originality and wealth of artistic facets in his oeuvre, which reflects many aspects of modernism. The SCHIRN presents main works which are seldom on view and also little-known series like the artist’s recently rediscovered photographs. At an early stage, Feininger developed a highly individual illustrative style as a graphic artist and caricaturist. In addition to central works from his early figurative phase, including political caricatures, humorous-grotesque townscapes, and carnivalesque figures, the exhibition also illustrates his role as one of the first Bauhaus instructors and as a master of graphic techniques such as the drawing and the woodcut. A particular focus lies on Feininger’s pivotal works from the 1930s and his exile in America. The exhibition illuminates important themes and lines of development with some 160 paintings, drawings, caricatures, watercolors, woodcuts, photographs, and objects that make Feininger’s work distinctive and unique.
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Feininger is known for his paintings of buildings, crystalline architecture in unmistakable monumentality and harmony of color.
Feininger is known for his paintings of buildings, crystalline architecture in unmistakable monumentality and harmony of color.
Early on, Feininger developed his own style as a graphic artist and caricaturist, with political caricatures, humorous and grotesque views of cities, and carnivalesque figures.
Early on, Feininger developed his own style as a graphic artist and caricaturist, with political caricatures, humorous and grotesque views of cities, and carnivalesque figures.
Today's reception often overlooks the originality and artistic richness of his work, which reflects numerous modernist tendencies.
Today's reception often overlooks the originality and artistic richness of his work, which reflects numerous modernist tendencies.
To this day, Feininger is considered one of the most important woodcut masters of the 20th century. Newly discovered are his photographs and slides, which take up central motifs.
To this day, Feininger is considered one of the most important woodcut masters of the 20th century. Newly discovered are his photographs and slides, which take up central motifs.
