Lyonel Feininger: Becoming a Bauhaus Artist; Woodcuts, 2013, As New HC

Bjorn Egging et al, Lyonel Feininger: Becoming a Bauhaus Artist; Woodcuts. Kerber, 2013

ISBN: 3866788258


New 4to, 11 1/2" x 10." Blue paper-covered boards with black lettering on spine. Illustration printed in black ink on front cover. Covers pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with illustrations, most in color, a few in black-and-white. 271 pp., including illustrations. Beautiful monograph about Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956), a German-American painter and leading figure of the Expressionist movement. Notably, Feininger was Walter Gropius's first faculty appointment at the Bauhaus school in Germany and was the lead faculty member in charge of the printmaking workshop. In 1936, Feininger fled to the United States after the Nazi takeover. In the U.S., Feininger achieved much critical acclaim for his work as a visual artist.