1922, Lyonel Feininger, The Village Pond of Gelmeroda -- Stadel Museum (Frankfurt)
From the museum label: A question of distance: from far away we see a landscape with houses reflected in the water, while close up we see only geometric structures which overlap and penetrate each other. The dematerialisation of the objects is one of Feininger's central artistic interests: 'What we have seen must be reshaped and crystallised internally', wrote the artist, who was appointed to the Bauhaus by Walter Gropius in 1919. Gelmeroda, which today forms part of Weimar, inspired Feininger to numerous works in which he mystically heightened village subjects with Expressionist and Cubist forms.
1922, Lyonel Feininger, The Village Pond of Gelmeroda -- Stadel Museum (Frankfurt)
From the museum label: A question of distance: from far away we see a landscape with houses reflected in the water, while close up we see only geometric structures which overlap and penetrate each other. The dematerialisation of the objects is one of Feininger's central artistic interests: 'What we have seen must be reshaped and crystallised internally', wrote the artist, who was appointed to the Bauhaus by Walter Gropius in 1919. Gelmeroda, which today forms part of Weimar, inspired Feininger to numerous works in which he mystically heightened village subjects with Expressionist and Cubist forms.