Lyonel Feininger: Photographs, 1928-1939 November 25, 2011

A highly regarded painter, printmaker, and draftsman, Lyonel Feininger (American, 1871-1956) was the first master appointed to the newly established Bauhaus in Weimar, Germany, in 1919. Like many other figures at the innovative art school, Feininger turned to photography as a tool for visual exploration. Beginning in 1928 and for the next decade, he used the camera to explore transparency, reflection, night imagery, and the effects of light and shadow. Organized by the Harvard Art Museum/Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts, this exhibition presents the first comprehensive overview of little-known photographs by one of the most important artists of the twentieth century.