Feininger

[ fahy-ning-er ]

noun

1. An·dre·as (Bernhard Lyonel) [an-, drey, -, uh, s, ahn-], 1906–1999, U.S. photographer, born in France.
2. his father Lyonel (Charles Adrian), 1871–1956, U.S. painter.

Feininger

/ ˈfaɪnɪŋə /

noun

1. FeiningerLyonel18711956MUSARTS AND CRAFTS: artist Lyonel . 1871–1956, US artist, who worked at the Bauhaus, noted for his use of superimposed translucent planes of colour

Example Sentences

Writing in The Times, the critic Roberta Smith said, “Her work shares in the spirit, if not the appearance, of Daumier’s sculptures and the small wood figures of Feininger.”

From New York Times

“I looked a lot at the work of Paul Klee, the work of Lyonel Feininger.”

From New York Times

Among the highlights are Moeller Fine Art’s “The Enchanted World of Lyonel Feininger,” a collection of drawings and painted wooden pieces by that German-American artist, and the reunion of Guercino’s recently rediscovered “Aurora” with its preparatory drawing at Christopher Bishop Fine Art.

From New York Times

Among the highlights are Moeller Fine Art’s “The Enchanted World of Lyonel Feininger,” a collection of drawings and painted wooden pieces by that German-American artist, and the reunion of Guercino’s recently rediscovered “Aurora” with its preparatory drawing at Christopher Bishop Fine Art.

From New York Times

Paul Klee, an amateur violinist, adored Mozart; Lyonel Feininger, who created the woodcut cathedral that accompanied Walter Gropius’s Bauhaus manifesto in 1919, was known to play Bach fugues, and wrote some of his own.

From New York Times