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Feininger

American  
[fahy-ning-er] / ˈfaɪ nɪŋ ər /

noun

  1. Andreas (Bernhard Lyonel) 1906–1999, U.S. photographer, born in France.

  2. his father Lyonel (Charles Adrian), 1871–1956, U.S. painter.


Feininger British  
/ ˈfaɪnɪŋə /

noun

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

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And Conrad Feininger makes for an exceptional Shimon Peres, who, with a late-night phone call to Arafat, brought the talks to an emotional finale.

From Washington Post May 2, 2019

A woodcut of a futurist cathedral by Lyonel Feininger graced its cover.

From The New Yorker Apr. 22, 2019

German-born art dealer Galka Scheyer helped organize exhibitions that promoted a key group of 20th century artists known as the Blue Four: Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, Alexei Jawlensky and Vasily Kandinsky.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 22, 2017

The cover, designed by Feininger, is an abstract graphic design emblematic of his early Bauhaus work.

From New York Times Mar. 1, 2012

For the first cartoon, Feininger drew a caricature of himself holding his cast of characters by strings like marionettes.

From Time Magazine Archive

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