Baltic, A Recollection
Artist: Lyonel Feininger (American, 1871 - 1956)
Date: 1947
Dimensions:
Painting: 20 × 34 7/8 in. (50.8 × 88.6 cm)
Frame: 21 1/2 × 36 1/2 × 1 3/4 in. (54.6 × 92.7 × 4.4 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Museum Purchase
Object number: 1948.69
Label Text:Lyonel Feininger spent the first 16 years of his life in New York before moving to Germany, where he ultimately became one of the leading practitioners of German Expressionism and the avant-garde style promoted by the Bauhaus design school. With the rise of Nazism, Feineiger was forced to flee Germany in 1936, eventually settling in New York.
Well known for his dreamlike seascapes, of which Baltic: A Recollection is a prime example, Feininger once commented, "the mystical quality in the object has always kept me spellbound." Having been exposed to Cubist art during its height in Paris, Feininger's work bore the mark of that movement, notably in his organization of space by planes. But his work was also frequently infused with an air of mystery and wonder that was all his own. He remarked, "That which is seen has to go through a process of transformation and crystallization to become a picture.”
Well known for his dreamlike seascapes, of which Baltic: A Recollection is a prime example, Feininger once commented, "the mystical quality in the object has always kept me spellbound." Having been exposed to Cubist art during its height in Paris, Feininger's work bore the mark of that movement, notably in his organization of space by planes. But his work was also frequently infused with an air of mystery and wonder that was all his own. He remarked, "That which is seen has to go through a process of transformation and crystallization to become a picture.”
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