Photo: Hugo Erfurth / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Lyonel Feininger fascinates me because his life cut straight across two worlds. Born in New York in 1871, he sailed to Europe at sixteen and never really stopped moving between cartooning, painting, and photography. I love that he started out drawing comic strips and caricatures before becoming a leading voice in Expressionism. That grounding in line work shows in his paintings, with their crystalline, almost architectural geometry. To me he is proof that there is no shame in popular illustration as a starting point. He pulled the discipline of the comic page into fine art, and the result still feels strikingly modern when I look at it today.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Lyonel Feininger
- Name (Japanese)
- リオネル・ファイニンガー
- Reading
- りおねる・ふぁいにんがー
- Born
- July 17, 1871 – January 13, 1956
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Goat
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Occupation
- painter / artist / photographer / illustrator / comics artist
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Lyonel Feininger born?
July 17, 1871 – January 13, 1956.
Where is Lyonel Feininger from?
Lyonel Feininger is from New York City, New York, United States.
What does Lyonel Feininger do?
Lyonel Feininger works as painter, artist, photographer, illustrator, comics artist.
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7. About this entry
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- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.