Lyonel Feininger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lyonel Feininger

German-American painter

Date of Birth: 17-Jul-1871

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 13-Jan-1956

Profession: photographer, artist, illustrator, comics artist, painter

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Lyonel Charles Feininger (July 17, 1871 – January 13, 1956) was a German-American painter, and a leading exponent of Expressionism.
He also worked as a caricaturist and comic strip artist.
He was born and grew up in New York City, traveling to Germany at 16 to study and perfect his art.
He started his career as a cartoonist in 1894 and met with much success in this area.
He was also a commercial caricaturist for 20 years for magazines and newspapers in the USA and Germany.
At the age of 36, he started to work as a fine artist.
He also produced a large body of photographic works between 1928 and the mid 1950s, but he kept these primarily within his circle of friends.
He was also a pianist and composer, with several piano compositions and fugues for organ extant.