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Gross-Kromsdorf I, 1915
Lyonel Feiningerexpand_more
Oil on canvasexpand_more
Bequest of Putnam Dana McMillanexpand_more 61.36.4
On View in Gallery 367expand_more
Born in New York City, Lyonel Feininger lived in Germany, his parent's homeland, for most of his life. After a brief stay in Paris in 1911, Feininger embraced Cubism, declaring that "What one sees must be transformed in the mind and crystallized." However, he preferred to call his style "prism-ism," saying it was "based upon the principle of monumentality." While living in Weimar in 1913, Feininger began exploring such nearby villages as Grosse-Kromsdorf, the subject of this painting. Attracted to the town's medieval architecture, he spent hours studying its churches and other structures to find "the secret of their form."
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- Title
- Gross-Kromsdorf I
- Artist Life
- American (active Germany), 1871–1956
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 61.36.4
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