Schirn Kunsthalle: LYONEL FEININGER RETROSPECTIVE

The German-American artist Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956) is a classic of modern art. The Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt is dedicating the first major retrospective in Germany in over 25 years to the important painter and graphic artist and is presenting a comprehensive and surprising overall picture of his oeuvre. Feininger is known for his paintings of buildings, crystalline architectures in impressive monumentality and harmony of color. However, today’s reception often overlooks the originality and artistic diversity of his work, which reflects numerous modernist tendencies. Several seemingly contradictory interests run through his oeuvre with great continuity and are part of his signature style. The Schirn is presenting rarely exhibited major works such as Die Radfahrer (Radrennen) (1912), Selbstbildnis (1915), Zirchow VII (1918), Gelmeroda XIII (1936) or Manhattan I (1940), aber auch weniger bekannte Arbeiten wie die erst vor einigen Jahren wiederentdeckten Fotografien des Künstlers.