Showing posts with label Die Brücke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Die Brücke. Show all posts

Art: Lyonel Charles Feininger

The White Man, painting by Lyonel Charles Feininger (1907)
Colección Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza en depósito en el Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza

"Lyonel Charles Feininger (July 17, 1871 – January 13, 1956) was a German-American painter and caricaturist."

"Feininger only started working as an artist at the age of 36, after having worked as a commercial caricaturist for twenty years for various newspapers and magazines in both the USA and Germany; he was a member of the Berliner Sezession in 1909, was associated with expressionist group Die Brücke, the Novembergruppe, Gruppe 1919, the Blaue Reiter circle and The Blue Four. Famously, he designed the cover for the Bauhaus 1919 manifesto: an expressionist woodcut 'cathedral'. He also taught at the Bauhaus for several years." - Wikipedia
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Art: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner


Fränzi in front of Carved Chair, painting by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1910)
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

"Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (6 May 1880 – 15 June 1938) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker and one of the founders of the artists group Die Brücke or "The Bridge", a key group leading to the foundation of Expressionism in 20th century art." - Wikipedia
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