Andreas Feininger
1906–1999
Introduction
Andreas Bernhard Lyonel Feininger (December 27, 1906 – February 18, 1999) was an American photographer and a writer on photographic technique. He was noted for his dynamic black-and-white scenes of Manhattan and for studies of the structures of natural objects.
Wikidata identifier
Q497186
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Introduction
Born 27 December 1906. From 1922 to 1925, Feininger studied cabinet making under Walter Gropius at the Bauhaus school in Weimar, Germany. From 1925 to 1927, Feininger attended the Bauschule (technical school) at Weimar, Germany. From 1927 to 1928, Feininger attended the Staatliche Bauschule in Zerbst, Germany. He graduated in architecture and structural engineering and also took up photography. From 1929 to 1931, Feininger worked as an architect in Dessau and Hamburg, Germany. In 1932, Feininger worked as an assistant architect at the Office of Le Corbusier in Paris, France. In 1933, Feininger moved to Stockholm, Sweden, where he operated an architectural and industrial photography studio. In 1939, Feininger moved to New York City, New York, where he worked as a freelance photojournalist for the Black Star Photo Agency until 1941. From 1941 to 1942, Feininger worked as a war correspondent and photographer for the United States Office of War Information. From 1943 to 1962, Feininger was a staff photographer for Life magazine. From 1962, Feininger has worked as a freelance photographer in New York City, New York, and in Connecticut.
Country of birth
France
Roles
Artist, architect, photographer
ULAN identifier
500031430
Names
Andreas Feininger, Andreas Feiniger, Andreas Bernhad Lyonel Feiniger, Andreas B. L. Feininger, Andreas Bernhard Lyonel Feininger
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79 works
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Rockefeller Center, New York
c. 1942 -
Rockefeller Center, The RCA Building Reflected in Shop Window, New York
1942 -
Pratt and Whitney, Hartford, Connecticut
1942 -
Colts, Hartford, Connecticut
1942 -
Solarized Kneeling Nude
1941 -
Solarization III
c. 1941 -
(No title)
c. 1941 -
Ghetto Market, Maxwell Street, Chicago
1941 -
Tenement on Perry Street, New York
1940 -
Park Avenue Near 40th Street Looking Northwest, New York
1940 -
New York City
1940 -
Elevated Trestle on Division Street, Lower Manhattan
1940 -
Chinatown, New York
1940 -
West Side Highway, New York
1940 -
New York
1940 -
Hudson River Ferry, New York
1940 -
(title to come)
1940 -
9th Avenue Elevated Near 125th Street, New York
1940 -
New York Harbor
1940 -
Untitled
1940 -
Greek Coffee House, Mulberry Street, Manhattan
1940s -
Jewish Shops on Orchard Street
1940s -
City Services Building, 70 Pine Street
1940s -
Leaf of Maidensweet
c. 1935 -
Stockholm
1935, printed 1980 -
Stockholm (grey ground abstraction)
c. 1935 -
Stockholm Solarization
c. 1934 -
Standing Nude Bas-Relief Positive
1934 -
Standing Nude Bas-Relief Negative
1934 -
Summer at the Seashore
1934
79 works