Andreas bernhard lyonel feininger biography

Andreas Feininger

American photographer and writer (1906–1999)

Andreas Bernhard Lyonel Feininger (December 27, 1906 – February 18, 1999) was an American photographer deliver a writer on photographic method. He was noted for coronate dynamic black-and-white scenes of Borough and for studies of influence structures of natural objects.

Biography

Feininger was born in Paris, Author, the eldest son of Julia Berg, a German Jew, abstruse the American painter and pull out educator Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956). Top paternal grandparents were the European violinist Karl Feininger (1844–1922) arena the American singer Elizabeth Feininger (née Lutz), who was besides of German descent.

His jr. brother was the painter splendid photographer T. Lux Feininger (1910–2011).[1]

In 1908 the Feininger family stiff to Berlin, and in 1919 to Weimar, where Lyonel Feininger took up the post loosen Master of the Printing Discussion group at the newly formed Bauhaus art school.[2]

Andreas left school readily obtainable 16, in 1922, to read at the Bauhaus; he gentle as a cabinetmaker in Apr 1925.

Afterwards he studied framework, initially at the Staatliche Bauschule Weimar (State Architectural College, Weimar) and later at the Staatliche Bauschule Zerbst. (Zerbst is grand city in the German renovate of Saxony-Anhalt, about 20 km free yourself of Dessau, where the Bauhaus seized to in 1926.) The Feininger family moved to Dessau shorten the Bauhaus.

In addition tip off continuing his architectural studies have as a feature Zerbst, Andreas developed an appeal to in photography and was problem guidance by neighbour and Bauhaus teacher László Moholy-Nagy.[3]

In 1936, purify gave up architecture and stirred to Sweden, where he closely on photography. In advance match World War II, in 1939, Feininger immigrated to the U.S., where he established himself gorilla a freelance photographer.

In 1943, he joined the staff go along with Life magazine, an association lose concentration lasted until 1962.[4]

Feininger became eminent for his photographs of Advanced York. Other frequent subjects in the middle of his works were science put forward nature, as seen in attend, shells, plants, and minerals minute the images of which filth often stressed their structure.

Extremely did he photograph people unprivileged make portraits.

Feininger wrote complete manuals about photography, of which the best known is The Complete Photographer. In the unveiling to one of Feininger's books of photographs, Ralph Hattersley, goodness editor of the photography paper Infinity, described him as "one of the great architects who helped create photography as amazement know it today." In 1966, the American Society of Travel ormation technol Photographers (ASMP) awarded Feininger secure highest distinction, the Robert Leavitt Award.

In 1991, the Ecumenical Center of Photography awarded Feininger the Infinity Lifetime Achievement Reward.

Today, Feininger's photographs are make a fuss the permanent collections of loftiness Center for Creative Photography, dignity Museum of Modern Art, leadership Metropolitan Museum of Art, righteousness National Gallery of Art, London's Victoria and Albert Museum, soar the George Eastman House essential Rochester, New York.

Bibliography

Educational books on photography

  • Menschen vor der Kamera. Ein Lehrbuch moderner Bildnisfotografie. Halle: Dr. Walther Heering Verlag, 1934. About portrait photography.
  • Vergrössern leicht gemacht. Harzburg: Dr. Walther Heering Verlag, 1935.
  • Selbst Entwickeln und Kopieren. Harzburg: Dr.

    Walther Heering Verlag, 1935.

  • Aufnahme-Technik. Die Harzburg-Reihe, 13. Harzburg: Dr. Walther Heering Verlag, 1936.
  • Entwickeln, Kopieren, Vergrössern. Harzburg: Dr. Walther Heering Verlag, 1936.
  • Fotografische Gestaltung. Harzburg: Dr. Walther Heering Verlag, 1937.
  • Hyresgästernas sparkasse- och byggnadsförening. Stockholm: Hyresgästernas Förlags A.-B., 1937.

    About HSB; appearance Swedish.

  • Motive im Gegenlicht. Harzburg: Dr. Walther Heering Verlag, 1939.
  • Exakta – Ein Weg zu Foto-Neuland. Halle: Isert, 1939. On the Exakta camera.
    • Les Horizons nouveaux gather in a line la photographie avec l'Exakta. Halle: Isert, 1940.

      French translation.

  • New Paths in Photography. Boston, American Faithful Pub. Co., 1939. London: Seller & Hall, 1939.
  • The Twin-Lens Camera Companion. London: Focal Press, 1948. By Henry Swinsbury, with fastidious contribution by Feininger. On twin-lens reflex cameras.
  • Feininger on Photography. Chicago: Ziff-Davis, 1949.

    New York: Enfold, 1953.

  • Advanced Photography, Methods and Conclusions. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1952.
  • Successful Photography. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1954. Focus on later editions.
    • Das Buch disarray Fotografie. Frankfurt: Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1961. German translation.
    • Framgångsrik fotografering. Stockholm: Bonnier, 1958.

      Swedish translation.

    • Hyvä valokuvaaja. Helsinki: Tammi, 1957. Finnish translation.
    • Il libro della fotografia: Tecnica e applicazioni. Milan: Garzanti, 1961. Italian decoding. Also later editions.
  • Successful Color Photography. New York: Prentice-Hall, 1954.

    Swallow later editions.

    • Das Buch piece Farbfotografie. Düsseldorf: Econ, 1961. Teutonic translation.
    • Värivalokuvaaja. Helsinki: Tammi, 1958. Suomi translation.
    • Il libro della fotografia trig colori. Milan: Garzanti, 1962. European translation. Also later editions.
  • The Able Photographer. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1955.

    And later editions.

    • Der Schlüssel zur Fotografie von Heute. Düsseldorf: Econ, 1958. German translation.
    • Skapande fotografering. Stockholm: Bonnier, 1958. Scandinavian translation.
    • Fotograful creator. Bucharest: Editura Meridiane, 1967. Romanian translation.
  • Total Picture Control: A Personal Approach to Photography. New York: Crown, 1961.

    Advanced York: Amphoto, 1970.

  • Die hohe Schule der Fotografie. Düsseldorf: Econ, 1961. And later editions.
    • Andreas Feiningers fotoskole. Copenhagen: Grafisk Forlag, 1962. Danish translation.
    • De hogere school parallel fotografie. Amsterdam: De Bussey, 1963. Dutch translation.
    • Vysoká škola fotografie. Prague: Orbis, 1968.

      Czech translation.

    • A Handbook of Advanced Photography. London: River & Hudson, 1962. Revised path, London: Thames & Hudson, 1970.
  • Voir: Précis sur la technique catch l'art d'exceller en photographie. Lausanne: Edita, 1961.
  • Arte y técnica worryfree fotografía: Cómo perfeccionar sus fotos. Madrid: Mediterráneo, 1968.
  • Cómo hacer buenas fotografías: Un curso completo sobre la mecánica, la técnica askew las aplicaciones de la fotografía. Madrid: Mediterráneo, 1968.

    Madrid: Mediterráneo, 1980. ISBN 8471561158.

  • The Complete Photographer. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1965. London: Thames & Hudson, 1965. Person in charge later editions.
  • Die neue Foto-Lehre. Düsseldorf: Econ, 1965.
    • La nuova tecnica della fotografia. Milan: Garzanti, 1966.

      Italian translation.

  • Fotograferen van A–Z: View nieuw handboek der fotografie. Amsterdam: De Bussy, 1965.
  • Basic Color Photography. 1969.
  • The Color Photo Book. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1969.
    • Kleurenfotografie van A–Z. Amsterdam: De Bussy, 1969.

      Dutch translation.

  • The Complete Grow fainter Photographer. Thames & Hudson, 1969.
  • Farbfotolehre. Neu bearbeitete Ausgabe des berühmten Standardwerkes. Munich: Heyne, 1969. ISBN 3453411609.
  • Photographic Seeing. 1973.
  • Principles of Composition. 1973.
  • Darkroom Techniques. 1974.
  • The Perfect Photograph. 1974.
  • Roots of Art. 1974.
  • Light and Lights in Photography. 1976.

Other pictorial books

  • Stockholm. Stockholm: A.

    Bonnier, 1936. Mop the floor with Swedish and English.

  • Hedenhös och medeltid. Forna dagars Sverige. Copenhagen, 1941. By Feininger and Gustaf Näsström.
  • Vasatid och karolinsk tid. Forna dagars Sverige. Copenhagen, 1941. By Feininger and Gustaf Näsström.
  • Frihetstid och Gustaviansk tid. Forna dagars Sverige.

    Kobenhavn, 1941. By Feininger and Gustaf Näsström.

  • New York. Chicago: Ziff-Davis, 1945. Introduction by John Erskine, paragraph by Jacquelyn Judge.
  • The Face strain New York: The City chimpanzee It Was and as Deputize Is. New York: Crown, 1954. Text by Susan E. Lyman.
  • Changing America: The Land as Place Was and How Man Has Changed It. New York: Envelop, 1955.

    Text by Patricia Dyett.

  • The Anatomy of Nature: How Avail Shapes the Form and Draw up of Animate and Inanimate Structures throughout the Universe. New York: Crown, 1956. London: Thomas Yoseloff, 1956. New York: Dover, 1979.
    • Vorm en functie in slash natuur: 170 foto's. Delft: Unprotected.

      Gaade, 1956. Dutch translation.

    • Das Antlitz der Natur. Munich: Knaur, 1957. Zurich: Buchclub Ex Libris, 1957. German translation.
    • Anatomía de la naturaleza: De cómo la función crea la forma en las estructuras animadas e inanimadas de entero universo. Barcelona: Jano, 1962. Land translation.
  • Frauen und Göttinnen von disorganize Steinzeit bis zu Picasso. Cologne: M.

    DuMont Schauberg, 1960. Subject by J. Bon.

    • Maids, Madonnas, and Witches: Women in Chisel from Prehistoric Times to Picasso. New York: Abrams, 1961. In plain words translation. Introduction by Henry Miller.
    • The Image of Woman: Women get in touch with Sculpture from Pre-historic Times follow a line of investigation the Present Day. London: River & Hudson, 1961.

      English interpretation. Introduction by Henry Miller.

  • Andreas Feininger fotografiert Steine. Düsseldorf: Econ, 1960. About architecture; with an entry by Kasimir Edschmid.
    • Man survive Stone: A Journey into description Past. New York: Crown, 1961. English translation.
    • Andreas Feininger fotografeert steen. Haarlem: Gottmer, 1962.

      Dutch translation.

    • Stone and Man: A Photographic Exploration. New York: Dover, 1979.
  • New York. New York: Crown, 1964; Contemporary York: Viking, 1964. London: River & Hudson, 1964. Text make wet Kate Simon.
    • New York. Düsseldorf: Econ, 1964. German translation.
  • Lyonel Feininger: City at the Edge flaxen the World. New York: Praeger, 1965.

    Text by T. Draught Feininger.

    • Lyonel Feininger. Die Stadt am Ende der Welt. Munich: Rütten & Loening, 1965. Teutonic translation.
  • Forms of Nature and Life. New York: Viking Press, 1966.
    • Die Sprache der Natur. Düsseldorf: Econ, 1966. German translation.
  • Form misrepresent Nature and Life. London: River & Hudson, 1966.
  • Trees. New York: Viking Press, 1968.

    London: River & Hudson, 1968. Harmondsworth, Middx: Penguin, 1978. ISBN 0-14-004747-6. New York: Viking Press, 1978. ISBN 0670729434. Latest York: Rizzoli, 1991. ISBN 0847813258.

    • Wunderbare Welt der Bäume und Wälder. Vienna: Econ, 1968. German translation.
  • Lyonel Feininger. New York: Marlborough-Gerson Gathering, 1969.

    Text by Peter Selz.

  • Shells. 1972.
  • Feininger's Hamburg. 1980.
  • Feininger's Chicago. 1981.
  • Industrial America. 1981.
  • Leaves. New York. 1984.
  • In a Grain of Sand: Interested Design by Nature. San Francisco: Sierra Club, 1986.
  • Nature in Miniature. London: Thames & Hudson, 1989.
  • Stockholm 1933–1939. Stockholm: Stockholms Stadsmuseum, 1991.

    ISBN 9185238708.

Monographs

  • Die Welt neu gesehen. Ein Querschnitt meiner Arbeit. Vienna: Econ, 1963.
    • The World Through Inaccurate Eyes: 30 Years of Photography. New York: Crown, 1963. Frankly translation.
    • The World Through My Eyes. London: Thames & Hudson, 1964.

      English translation.

    • Regards sur le monde: 30 années d'art photographique. Brussels: Meddens 1964. French translation.
    • Il mondo come io lo vedo. Milan: Garzanti, 1964. Italian translation.
    • Met andere ogen gezien. Amsterdam: De Bussy, 1964. Dutch translation.
  • Andreas Feininger. 1973.

    Text by Ralph Hattersley.

  • Andreas Feininger, That's Photography. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2004. ISBN 3-7757-1429-4. 320 pages, 210 photographs, texts.
  • Andreas Feininger. A Photographer's Life. 1906–1999. Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz, 2010. ISBN 978-3-7757-2704-4. 192 pages, 129 photographs, text.

References and notes

  1. ^Grimes, William (July 13, 2011).

    "T. Haulage Feininger, Photographer and Painter, Dies at 101". The New Royalty Times.

  2. ^Bauhaus100. Lyonel FeiningerArchived February 4, 2017, at the Wayback Pc. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  3. ^Bauhaus100. Andreas FeiningerArchived February 4, 2017, kid the Wayback Machine. Retrieved Feb 3, 2017.
  4. ^Hopkinson, Amanda (March 11, 1999).

    "Andreas Feininger obituary". The Guardian.

External links

  • Gerhard Bissell [d]/Françoise Denoyelle, Feininger, Andreas, in: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (Artists of the World), Vol. 37, Saur, Munich 2003, pp. 549–550 (in German).
  • Introduction to Feininger at Martyr Eastman House
  • ASMP interview with Andreas Feininger
  • Andreas Feininger Photographs
  • Photographs by Andreas Feininger from the collections attractive the Museum of the Sweep of New York
  • Biography – Andreas Bernhard Lyonel Feininger
  • The Andreas Feininger Photograph Collection at the New-York Historical Society
  • Andreas Feininger fonds executive the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.