The exhibition (Lyonel Feininger – La ville et la mer) presents the graphic work of the artist Lyonel Feininger (1871-1956) on the occasion of his 150th birthday. Lyonel Feininger, born in the United States, made a career in Germany and became an important figure in the European avant-garde.
Printmaking was an important phase in his career. Between 1918 and 1922 he devoted himself to the intense production of woodcuts. This technique deepened Feininger’s formal and conceptual research, allowing him to return to painting and drawing. In 1919 he participated in the founding of the Bauhaus movement in Germany.
The exhibition presents a rich selection of etchings, xylographies and lithographs, as well as drawings, archival documents and previously unseen objects from private collections.