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.

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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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Example Sentences

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 • Aug. 22, 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

During a 2003 production of George Bernard Shaw’s “The Philanderer,” actor Conrad Feininger would briefly cross behind the set, out of the audience’s view.

From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2016

Feininger also saw mystery in the machine, but his machines tended to come either from the past or from way off in the future.

From Time Magazine Archive