1913, Lyonel Feininger, Sleeping Woman - Julia -- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
A short trip to Paris in 1911 would prove to be powerfully influential for the American-born Lyonel Feininger, who immediately embraced Cubism. The breaking up of form and light would become a hallmark of Feininger's practice as he adopted the style to his own needs. The subject of this intimate and luminous painting is his wife, the painter Julia Feininger. Her facial features and clothing resemble a mountainous landscape, indicative of Feininger's approach to Cubism, where the prismatic overlapping planes of pastel colors suggest a sense of order and harmony.
Though born in America, Feininger lived in Germany from 1887 to 1937. The year he painted this portrait he was invited to exhibit with the German Expressionist group Der Blau’s Reiter (The Blue Rider), whose works demonstrate a commitment to spirituality and subjective expression.
1913, Lyonel Feininger, Sleeping Woman - Julia -- Los Angeles County Museum of Art
A short trip to Paris in 1911 would prove to be powerfully influential for the American-born Lyonel Feininger, who immediately embraced Cubism. The breaking up of form and light would become a hallmark of Feininger's practice as he adopted the style to his own needs. The subject of this intimate and luminous painting is his wife, the painter Julia Feininger. Her facial features and clothing resemble a mountainous landscape, indicative of Feininger's approach to Cubism, where the prismatic overlapping planes of pastel colors suggest a sense of order and harmony.
Though born in America, Feininger lived in Germany from 1887 to 1937. The year he painted this portrait he was invited to exhibit with the German Expressionist group Der Blau’s Reiter (The Blue Rider), whose works demonstrate a commitment to spirituality and subjective expression.