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Mansion at the Beach is one of several woodcuts that Lyonel Feininger based on sketches of Heringsdorf, a German seaside area near the Polish border. In each of these woodcuts, Feininger transforms the original landscape into a dynamic abstract composition. His geometric style reflects the influence of Expressionism and other abstract movements that flourished in early 20th-century Germany.
Feininger was originally from New York but spent most of his artistic career in Berlin. Primarily a painter, he began making woodcuts during World War I, when oil paints were hard to obtain. He later became a teacher and master printmaker at the Bauhaus, one of the most important schools of design of the 20th century.
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Sue Canterbury, DMA label copy, 2018
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Created in 1921
born NY
trained Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg and Akademie der Kunste, Berlin
worked in NY, Berlin, Paris, Weimar
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From 2003: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Stuart Gordon Johnson by exchange; General Acquisitions Fund, and The Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection, gift of Patsy Lacy Griffith by exchange
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General Description
Mansion at the Beach is one of several woodcuts that Lyonel Feininger based on sketches of Heringsdorf, a German seaside area near the Polish border. In each of these woodcuts, Feininger transforms the original landscape into a dynamic abstract composition. His geometric style reflects the influence of Expressionism and other abstract movements that flourished in early 20th-century Germany.
Feininger was originally from New York but spent most of his artistic career in Berlin. Primarily a painter, he began making woodcuts during World War I, when oil paints were hard to obtain. He later became a teacher and master printmaker at the Bauhaus, one of the most important schools of design of the 20th century.
Excerpt from
Sue Canterbury, DMA label copy, 2018
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Created in 1921
born NY
trained Kunstgewerbeschule in Hamburg and Akademie der Kunste, Berlin
worked in NY, Berlin, Paris, Weimar
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Geography
Depicted location: Heringsdorf (inhabited place/Germany): TGN: 1039562
Process/materials
Historical periods
Individuals
Subject terms
RELATED OBJECTS
PROVENANCE
From 2003: Dallas Museum of Art, gift of Stuart Gordon Johnson by exchange; General Acquisitions Fund, and The Patsy Lacy Griffith Collection, gift of Patsy Lacy Griffith by exchange
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