Bridge V
Lyonel Feininger, American (active Germany), 1871 - 1956
Geography:
Made in Germany, Europe
Date:
1919Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
31 5/8 x 39 1/2 inches (80.3 x 100.3 cm)Copyright:
© 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, BonnCuratorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
1951-31-2Credit Line:
Purchased with the Bloomfield Moore Fund, 1951
Made in Germany, Europe
Date:
1919Medium:
Oil on canvasDimensions:
31 5/8 x 39 1/2 inches (80.3 x 100.3 cm)Copyright:
© 2009 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, BonnCuratorial Department:
European PaintingObject Location:
Currently not on view
Accession Number:1951-31-2Credit Line:
Purchased with the Bloomfield Moore Fund, 1951
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abstract [x] architecture [x] bridge [x] cubist [x] feininger [x] green [x]Feininger painted Bridge V as the last image in a series depicting an old stone bridge spanning the Ilm River in Oberweimar, Germany. The earliest painting in the series dates to 1913, the same year that Feininger exhibited with Vasily Kandinsky and the Blue Rider group, a loose association of German expressionist artists. This work—made six years later and soon after the artist joined the faculty of the avant-garde Bauhaus school—reflects a new mode of expression, inspired by Cubism, in which the subject dissolves into transparent layers and planes of muted colors.
