Lyonel Feininger: Bauhaus Master - Master Printmaker

LYONEL FEININGER B A U H A U S M A S T E R — M A S T E R P R I N T M A K E R

LYONEL FEININGER BAUHAUS MASTER—MASTER PRINTMAKER A S E L E C T I O N O F T H E A R T I S T ' S F I N E S T W O O D C U T S B E T W E E N 1 9 1 8 A N D 1 9 2 8

Leona Prasse, Lyonel Feininger: A Definitive Catalogue of his Graphic Work. Etchings, Lithographs, Woodcuts, Cleveland, 1972.

All sizes are sheet sizes.

All works are for sale. Drawings are for sale with the related woodcuts. Prices and further information available upon request.

(Fir Trees), 1918 Woodcut on oatmeal­tan carbon­copy paper, mounted on paper 8 9/16 x 11 1/16 in. (21.7 x 28.1 cm) Prasse W 12

(Three Fir Trees), 1919 Woodcut on Oriental laid paper 3 7/16 x 3 1/4 in. (8.7 x 8.3 cm) Prasse W 155

(Mountain with a Village), 1918 Woodcut on Japanese laid paper 4 15/16 x 6 13/16 in. (12.5 x 17.3 cm) Prasse W 44

(Hunter’s Lodge Brunnenbach near Braunlage), 1918 Pencil on paper 3 3/8 x 5 in. (8.6 x 12.7 cm)

(The Hunter’s Lodge), 1918 Woodcut on light­green carbon­copy paper 8 5/8 x 11 in. (21.9 x 27.9 cm) Prasse W 40

(Town Hall [with an Assembly in Foreground]), 1918 Woodcut on oatmeal­tan carbon­copy paper, mounted on paper 8 9/16 x 11 1/16 in. (21.7 x 28.1 cm) Prasse W 42

(Houses), 1919 Woodcut on Japanese laid paper 5 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. (13.3 x 11.7 cm) Prasse W 153

(Ships at the Harbor Wharf), 1918 Woodcut on oatmeal­tan carbon­copy paper, mounted on paper 8 5/8 x 11 1/8 in. (21.9 x 28.3 cm) Prasse W 116

(Harbor with Windmill and Lighthouse), 1919 Woodcut on Japanese laid paper 4 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (12.4 x 19.1 cm) Prasse W 133

(Figures on the Shore and Sailing Ships), 1918 Pencil on paper 2 1/4 x 3 5/16 in. (7 x 10 cm)

(Marine [with Sun]), 1918 Woodcut on European machine­made wove cream paper 9 7/8 x 13 3/8 in. (25.1 x 34 cm) Prasse W 100

(Angler and Ships), 1919 Woodcut on Japan laid paper 5 3/8 x 5 1/4 in. (13.7 x 13.3 cm) Prasse W 140 I

(Marine [with Three Sailing Boats]), 1919 Woodcut on carbon­copy paper 8 1/2 x 11 1/4 in. (21.9 x 27.9 cm) Prasse W 164

(Ships and New Moon), 1920 Woodcut on oatmeal­tan carbon­copy paper 5 9/16 x 8 5/8 in. (14.1 x 21.9 cm) Prasse W 234

(Marine), 1919 Woodcut on oatmeal­tan carbon­copy paper, mounted on paper 5 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (14 x 21.9 cm) Prasse W 128

(Wreck), 1918 Pencil on paper 2 1/4 x 3 5/16 in. (7 x 9.8 cm)

(Wreck, 2), 1919 Woodcut on European handmade­laid cream paper 5 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (13.0 x 19.1 cm) Prasse W 139

(Wreck on the Coast), 1918 Pencil on paper 2 1/4 x 3 5/16 in. (7 x 10 cm)

(Wreck, 1), 1919 Woodcut on oatmeal­tan carbon­copy paper 5 1/2 x 8 5/8 in. (14 x 21.9 cm) Prasse W 122

(Anglers and Steamer), 1920 Woodcut on Mino copy paper 6 x 8 1/4 in. (15.2 x 21 cm) Prasse W 218

(Marine, 2 [with Two Figures on the Beach]), 1921 Woodcut on European handmade­laid paper 11 3/4 x 13 3/4 in. (29.8 x 34.9 cm) Prasse W 241

(Outbound Steamer Odin), 1918 Pencil on paper 2 1/4 x 3 5/16 in. (7 x 10 cm)

(Outbound Steamer Odin), 1918 Woodcut on tissue paper 4 1/4 x 8 1/4 in. (10.8 x 21 cm) Prasse W 75

(Angler and Canal Boat), 1920 Woodcut on oatmeal­tan carbon­copy paper 8 5/8 x 11 in. (21.9 x 27.9 cm) Prasse W 206

(Ships along a Rocky Coast), 1920 Woodcut on Japanese laid paper 9 x 12 in. (22.8 x 30.5 cm) Prasse W 213 I

(Stranded Ship), 1920 Woodcut on European handmade­laid light­tan paper 7 1/2 x 9 1/8 in. (19.1 x 23.2 cm) Prasse W 195

(Church with Star), 1928 Woodcut on Oriental laid paper 5 1/2 x 3 15/16 in. (14 x 10 cm) Prasse W 261 I

(Julia Feininger’s Signet), 1923 Woodcut on Chinese laid note paper 5 x 4 11/16 in. (12.7 x 11.9 cm) Prasse W 252

(Ex Libris Hans Hess), 1926 Woodcut on Japanese laid paper 4 5/16 x 4 1/16 in. (12.4 x 10.8 cm) Not in Prasse

Julia and Lyonel Feininger, Weimar, c. 1923

Lyonel Feininger (1871­1956) 1871 Lyonel Feininger is born on July 17 in New York, the first of three children of Karl and Elizabeth Feininger (née Lutz).

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 Royal Academy and moves to Paris.

1893 Moves back to Berlin and starts working as a freelance cartoonist and illustrator.

1901 Marries Clara Fürst and their first daughter Eleonora (Lore) is born.

1902 His second daughter Marianne is born.

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 and returns to Berlin.

1909 His second son Laurence is born.

1910 His third son Theodore Lux (T. Lux) is born.

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.

1918 Executes his first woodcut and completes 117 in total.

1919 Is appointed the first master at the Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar. Executes the woodcut for the cover of the Bauhaus manifesto and completes 76 woodcuts in total. One of his woodcuts is printed on the title page of the publication "Ja! Stimmen des Arbeitsrates für Kunst in Berlin (Yes! Voices of the Workers Council for Art in Berlin)."

1920 Works on a portfolio of twelve woodcuts plus a title page for an edition of 50, the first Bauhaus publication in Weimar. Completes 44 woodcuts.

1921 Becomes the head of the graphic workshop at the Bauhaus and initiates a series of print portfolios with Walter Gropius. Composes his first fugue and completes nine woodcuts.

1923 Completes six woodcuts.

1924 Completes four woodcuts.

1925 Completes one woodcut.

1926 Moves with the Bauhaus to Dessau as master without teaching duties. A portfolio of ten woodcuts from the years 1918­24 plus the 1925 title page in an edition of fifty is published by Euphorion­Verlag, Berlin.

1928 Completes eight woodcuts.

1929 Works on a series of paintings for the City of Halle (Saale).

1930 Completes three woodcuts.

1931 Completes his Halle series and four woodcuts.

1933 Completes nine woodcuts.

1934 Moves to Berlin­Siemensstadt.

1935 The National Socialists declare his art “degenerate.”

1937 Leaves Germany, again teaches a summer course at Mills College, and then settles in New York City. Completes six woodcuts.

1939 Works on murals for the 1939/40 New York World’s Fair.

1941 The Buchholz Gallery publishes the portfolio “Ten Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger” in an edition of thirty copies, with works from the years 1918 to 1920.

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.