Who Is Lyonel Feininger Self Portrait?

Lyonel Feininger Self Portrait is oil on canvas painting. The painting is an image of Lyonel Feininger. Lyonel painted the Self Portrait in 1915 during the world war. The painting is a part of the modern art time period. In the paper I will attempt to place Lyonel Feininger Self Portrait into its cultural context. Lyonel Feininger is a German-American artist, who was born and Raised in New York. Both of lyonel parent were German musicians, expecting their son lyonel to become a concert violinist. Lyonel decided to go to art school instead. At the age of 16 Lyonel decided to move to Germany to better study and practice art. In Germany Lyonel worked as a comic strip artist and a cartoonist. He then moved back into Berlin after the company he
, because it was closing. At the age of 36 Lyonel had declared himself as an independent artist, breaking away from the comic strip art and the cartoon art. Lyonel married his Jewish wife Clara in 1901. When the world war had begun Lyonel had refused to give up his American citizenship. Lyonel left Germany and fled back to America not only because he refused to give up his American citizenship, but because he was married to a Jew which was shamed during the world war. The German expressionist movement was another cause of him leaving Germany, Lyonel started to abandon painting because it was becoming difficult to be seen as a good painter during this time period. In the image Lyonel Feininger has giving himself what one would see as alien features. He painted his self with sharp eyes that are green in color. This is because Lyonel was treated so poorly when the Nazis had come into power. The alien features also
“He was named Form Master of the Bauhaus in charge of the Graphics and Print Shop”. He was paid well and was treated like a person of statues would be. However when the Nazis took power he was treated poorly. In the image Lyonel Feininger painted himself like a common man or a hard worker would look. He painted himself with long hair. A muscular neck and a dirty area on his body. Lyonel Feininger’s art would not require him to look raggedy. However when the Nazis took power he was treated like a lesser paid individual. Lyonel Feininger job also wouldn’t have required him to be in the dark environment that he depicted himself in. However when the war began, he felt like a fugitive in Berlin, Germany. He showed himself Lyonel Feininger was facing a lot of troubles when Self Portrait was painted. The Nazis were treating him poorly not only because he refused to give up his American citizenship. He was also married to a Jew, and Jews were looked down on. Lyonel showed all of his troubles in this painting of