Lyonel Feininger

The subject of many retrospectives around the world, Lyonel Feininger, an essential artist of the twentieth century, is finally on show in France, thanks to the generosity of a passionate collector. Through 139 works (paintings, watercolors, drawings and prints) spanning Feininger's entire career, from 1907 to 1949, this book comprehensively reflects the exhibition at the musée d'Art moderne André Malraux in Le Havre. It offers, in particular, a chance to discover the graphic work of this virtuoso artist and the dazzling series of woodcuts created mainly at the Bauhaus in barely four years, between 1918 and 1922. This engaging work, imbued with poetry, reveals a committed artist, caught up in the convictions and utopias of his time. These led him to take part in the founding of the Bauhaus, while throughout his life he pursued a unique and highly coherent body of work, which forged a powerful artistic link between Europe and the United States.