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Lyonel Feininger

Lyonel Feininger

1871–1956

WA-00016737

PaintingExpressionismBauhausCubism

Representation

None documented

64

Institutional Exhibitions

295

Works in Collection

523

Assets Indexed

4

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ158255

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Prints: Proofs and Variants

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989–1990

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The Cubist Imprint

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

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Drawing in Austria and Germany

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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The Expressionist Idiom

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1985

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Selections from the Permanent Collection: Prints and Illustrated Books

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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The Modern Drawing: 100 Works on Paper from The Museum of Modern Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983–1984

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Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

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Art of the Twenties

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979–1980

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Views over America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1979

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A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1978

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Between World Wars: Drawing in Europe and America

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

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Prints from the Collection

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

Field Verification (4 fields)

1 cross-verified · 3 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
BiographyWikipedia· 88%
NationalityArtsy· 85%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (4)

Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/lyonel-feininger
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/lyonel-feininger
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/1832
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Wikidata
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

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Graph relationships

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Movement

Expressionism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Whitney Museum of American Art

Canonical record

Artworks (295)

Manhattan III

1955 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 10 9/16 x 8 11/16" (26.8 x 22.1 cm); sheet: 20 x 13 1/16" (50.8 x 33.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Buildings and Streetlights

Buildings and Streetlights

1954 · Pen and black ink with charcoal, on ivory laid paper

37.2 × 28.1 cm (14 11/16 × 11 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Untitled

1954 · Watercolor and pen and ink on paper

6 1/4 x 10 1/4" (15.7 x 26.0 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1954 · Watercolor, charcoal, and pen and ink on paper

6 1/4 x 7 7/8" (15.9 x 19.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hot Weather!

1954 · Watercolor and pen and ink on paper

8 x 11 1/8" (20.3 x 28.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1954 · Watercolor and ink on paper

7 x 9 1/2" (17.8 x 24.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Farewell to "82"

Farewell to "82"

1954 · Watercolor, pastel, charcoal, and pen and ink on paper

6 1/8 x 9 1/2" (15.6 x 24.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1954 · Watercolor and pen and black ink on paper

12 5/8 × 18 7/8 in. (32.1 × 47.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Church on the Cliffs

1953 · Charcoal, watercolor and pen and ink on paper

Sheet (sight): 11 9/16 × 17 5/8 in. (29.4 × 44.8 cm) Image (sight): 11 9/16 × 17 5/8 in. (29.4 × 44.8 cm)

Whitney Museum of American Art

Houses, Boulevard Montparnasse

Houses, Boulevard Montparnasse

1953 · Pen and black ink, charcoal, and brush and gray wash, with pastel, on ivory laid paper

48.5 × 31.9 cm (19 1/8 × 12 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Church on the Cliff I (Kirche auf der Klippe I)

Church on the Cliff I (Kirche auf der Klippe I)

1953 · Pen and ink, watercolor, and charcoal on paper

12 5/8 x 19 1/8" (32.1 x 48.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

a. Untitled b. Untitled

a. Untitled b. Untitled

1952 · a. Watercolor, charcoal, and pen and ink on paper b. charcoal on paper

7 5/8 x 11 5/8" (19.4 x 29.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1952 · Watercolor and pen and ink on paper

(irreg.): 7 3/4 x 11 1/2" (19.7 x 29.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Walking Figures

Walking Figures

1952 · Charcoal on paper

10 1/4 x 15 5/8" (26 x 39.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rain

1952 · Watercolor, charcoal, and pen and ink on paper

10 1/4 x 15 5/8" (26 x 39.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Rain (recto); Walking Figures (verso)

Rain (recto); Walking Figures (verso)

1952 · Watercolor, charcoal, and pen and ink (recto); charcoal (verso)

10 1/4 x 15 5/8" (26 x 39.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

1952 · Watercolor, charcoal, and pen and black ink on paper

20 3/8 × 15 5/8 in. (51.8 × 39.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Manhattan I (Stone 2)

1951 · lithograph

Cleveland Museum of Art

Off the Coast (Vor der Küste)

Off the Coast (Vor der Küste)

1950 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 9 1/16 x 15 1/2" (23 x 39.4 cm); sheet: 14 x 18 1/16" (35.6 x 45.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1950 · Watercolor, metallic paint, and pen and ink on paper

7 7/8 x 10 1/8" (19.9 x 25.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1950 · Metallic paint, watercolor, pen and ink, charcoal on paper

9 1/2 x 12 3/8" (23.9 x 31.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Figures

1950 · Watercolor, charcoal, and pen and ink on paper

12 1/2 x 9 1/4" (31.8 x 23.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Marine Scene, Twilight

Marine Scene, Twilight

1950 · Wash, charcoal, and pen and ink on paper

12 3/8 x 19" (31.6 x 48.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Figures Walking

Figures Walking

1949 · Watercolor, gouache, and pen and ink on paper

9 1/2 x 12 3/8" (24.1 x 31.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (5)

295 published of 519 catalogued · 501 with image

MoMA
224 publishedof 448 catalogued445 img
Art Institute Chicago
56 published56 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
The Met
7 published
Whitney
1 published

Record

Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Carnival in Arcueil (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

12

Movements4

Expressionism Bauhaus Cubism Abstract Art

Collections8

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Whitney Museum of American Art Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

Market

Auction sale history

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