Gelmeroda by Lyonel Feininger

Art work details

Original Title :

Gelmeroda

Year of production :

1918

Artist:

Lyonel Feininger

Medium :

Woodcut

Materials:

Ink, Paper

Dimensions :

paper: height: 36 cms; width: 30.5 cms; print: height: 28.5 cms; width: 23.2 cms

Credit Line :

Gift of Michael Brooks

Copyright :

© DACS 2013

Catalogue References:

Prasse W38.

Associated Groups :

Der Blaue Reiter, Novembergruppe, Berliner Secession

Tags:

Woodcut, Architecture, Feininger, Brooks Gift

Feininger loved to cycle around the villages near his home and studio, and Gelmeroda, a small village near Weimar with its wooden church became a favourite motif. Feininger first drew the church in 1906, going on to produce numerous prints and thirteen paintings dating from 1913-1936. The architectural form of the spire became a perfect distillation of Feininger’s fascination with geometric composition, fusing cubism and expressionism to produce works of compelling visual power.