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Markwippach

1917

Lyonel Feininger

(American, 1871–1956)
Culture
America
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 94 x 114 x 6.4 cm (37 x 44 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.); Unframed: 80.6 x 101 cm (31 3/4 x 39 3/4 in.); Former: 94 x 114 x 5.5 cm (37 x 44 7/8 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Lyonel Feininger 1960.180
Copyright
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
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Location
225 German Expressionism & Surrealism
Print
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Did You Know?

Lyonel Feininger's son Andreas was a noted photographer whose works are also in the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Description

An American artist who spent much of his early career in Germany, Lyonel Feininger based this composition on sketches he made while hiking near the central German village of Markvippach, as it is properly spelled. Dominated by a church tower, the village’s skyline is rendered through angular, prismlike forms. Two years earlier in this region, the artist encountered his first peacock, describing the experience as “quite mystical—I shall never forget the impression.” Later in life, Feininger referred to Markwippach as his “peacock picture,” and its palette of bold blues, greens, and golds likely references the bird.

Markwippach

1917

Lyonel Feininger

(American, 1871–1956)
America

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