Lyonel Feininger

Lyonel Feininger

I was lucky to discover this artist at the Bauhaus, looking in between books. When looking through the process of his work, I did find interesting his paintings, but what made the connection to his art was the special way he used the Bahaus space with light, and transmitting it through photography. 

Many know Lyonel Feininger as an accomplished painter, printmaker, and caricaturist whose work is forever linked to the Bauhaus movement. He was Walter Gropius’s first faculty appointment to the Weimar art school in 1919, and he helped shape an artistic movement that would influence artists for decades to come.
Lyonel’s early work includes moody nighttime shots of the Bauhaus building and the surrounding area. His photographs were not publicly exhibited because of the objections of his wife, who encouraged him to promote his career as a painter instead.

What made his work so special for me was the simplicity of the combination of the light and architecture.