Lyonel Feininger — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works24983

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney

MoMA

Previous Sales 441

Sotheby's

Brücke IV, 1918

€16,000 ($18k USD)

Jun 2026

Sotheby's

The Windmill, Mühle III

Unknown

Jun 2026

Sotheby's

The Big Cloud, 1941

Unknown

Jun 2026

Christie's

City at Night, 1941

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Sleeping Woman, Julia

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Frachtdampfer auf der Ostsee, 1931

£69,850 ($92k USD)

Mar 2026

Bonhams

Eisenbahn Gelände I (Executed on 21 April 1924)

£12,000 ($16k USD)

Mar 2026

Bonhams

Gelmeroda (Executed on 10 August 1927)

£4,000 ($5k USD)

Mar 2026

Sotheby's

Rue St. Jacques, Paris, 1953

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

The Geranium Pot, 1914

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Sotheby's

Die grüne Brücke, 1910

$95,250

Nov 2025

Sotheby's

Untitled (Cutter with Red Pennant), 1939

£26,521 ($27k USD)

Nov 2025

Sotheby's

Trompetenbläser I (Trumpeters I), 1912

$5,085,000

May 2025

Christie's

Paris (Newspaper Readers), 1908

$163,800

May 2025

Christie's

Hinter der Kirche II (Behind the Church II), 1917

£1,552,500 ($2.0M USD)

Christie's

Christie's

For Sale 2

Galerie Koch · Artsy

Untitled (ship with plume of smoke), 1953

For sale

Watercolor, coal on paper

Galerie Koch · Artsy

Untitled (Ships, Evening at the sea; verso ships and island), 1946

For sale

Watercolor, ink, coal on paper

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Market3,368 auction results

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$2.5K – $397K

215 of 248 works on paper lots with prices

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$37.3K

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$23.9K

215 priced works on paper lots

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Jun 2026 · $17.6K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

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Works on paper: $23.9K medianPaintings: $421K medianSculpture/objects: $17.0K medianEditioned prints: $5.1K medianUnclassified lots: $17.4K medianBooks/portfolios: $32.4K medianPosters/ephemera: $330 medianEditioned objects: — median

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Publications18

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Exhibition Catalog 13

Lyonel Feininger Author

Skira · 2021

Pioniere des Comic: Eine andere Avantgarde

Hatje Cantz · 2016

Lyonel Feininger/Alfred Kubin: Eine Künstlerfreundschaft

Hatje Cantz · 2015

Das Bauhaus in Kalkutta

Hatje Cantz · 2013

Lyonel Feininger

Yale University Press · 2011

Lyonel Feininger Author

Hatje Cantz · 2011

Lyonel Feininger: Fotografien 1928-1939

Hatje Cantz · 2011

Lyonel Feininger: Photographs, 1928-1939

Hatje Cantz · 2011

Lyonel Feininger: Zeichnungen und Aquarelle

Hatje Cantz · 2011

Grieshaber und die Moderne

Hatje Cantz · 2009

Lyonel Feininger Author

Prestel · 2007

Lyonel Feininger: Menschenbilder. Eine unbekannte Welt

Hatje Cantz · 2003

Feininger Author

Hatje Cantz · 2001

Group Catalog 3

Years of Friendship, 1944-1956: The Correspondence of Lyonel Feininger and Mark Tobey

Hatje Cantz · 2015

Years of friendship, 1944-1956 Author

Hatje Cantz · 2006

The Blue Four Collection at the Norton Simon Museum

Yale University Press · 2002

Survey 2

Das Amerika Haus im Wandel der Zeit: Pop, Politik und Propaganda

Hatje Cantz · 2015

Pop, Politics, and Propaganda: Amerika Haus Berlin through the ages

Hatje Cantz · 2015

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Current Exhibitions0

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Recent News13

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Galerie Gmurzynska’s Old-School Slow Art Model Is Newly Radical

Galerie Gmurzynska, a family-run gallery founded in 1965 by Antonina Gmurzynska, is celebrating its 60th anniversary by moving its New York operations…

exhibitionsMay 29, 2026

Story of Max Peiffer Watenphul, the Bauhaus painter who found his new homeland in Italy

A major retrospective titled "Max Peiffer Watenphul. Pittore del Bauhaus" has opened at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (GNAMC) …

exhibitionsMay 20, 2026

What the Met Gains from the Neue Galerie

The Neue Galerie, a private museum for German and Austrian art founded by billionaire collector Ronald S. Lauder, will be integrated into the Metropol…

newsMay 15, 2026

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The Museo dell'Ara Pacis in Rome is hosting an exhibition titled 'Impressionismo e oltre' (Impressionism and Beyond), featuring 52 masterpieces on loa…

exhibitionsApr 27, 2026

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Juliana Halpert, writing for Cultured's Critics' Table, offers a local perspective on Los Angeles's busy February art scene, contrasting the global ar…

cultureFeb 25, 2026

15 Art Shows to See in Los Angeles This Spring

Los Angeles art institutions are presenting a diverse slate of spring exhibitions. Highlights include a major retrospective of conceptual artist Micha…

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22 art exhibitions in L.A. to look forward to in 2026

Los Angeles is set for a major year in visual arts in 2026, with 22 notable exhibitions and events planned across the city. Highlights include the ope…

exhibitionsDec 31, 2025

sothebys lauder day sale

Sotheby's held a day sale on Wednesday featuring 30 works from the collection of cosmetics heir Leonard Lauder, generating $3.84 million against an es…

marketNov 19, 2025

Soulios Gallery to open new space in Nashville.

Soulios Gallery, founded by Steven and Ana Soulios, will open a new space in Nashville's historic Cummins Station on November 12th. The inaugural exhi…

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12 art exhibits to explore this fall

Greater Boston's fall art exhibitions feature a range of shows that reflect on social issues and artistic traditions. Notable exhibits include Jean Sh…

exhibitionsSep 18, 2025

galerie gmurzynska to open in fuller building new york

Galerie Gmurzynska is relocating its New York operations to the historic Fuller Building at 595 Madison Avenue later this month. The gallery, which ha…

marketSep 9, 2025

sothebys modern art may 2025 sale report giacometti

Sotheby's modern art evening sale in New York on Tuesday night achieved $186.4 million with buyer's premium across 60 lots, with a sell-through rate o…

marketMay 14, 2025

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Past Exhibitions7

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Busch-Reisinger Museum

Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black

Georges Seurat, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Edgar Degas, John Singer Sargent, Odilon Redon, Piet Mondrian, Lyonel Feininger, Diego Rivera, Richard Serra, John Wilson, Isabella Quintanilla, Toyin Ojih Odutola

Sep 12, 2025 — Jan 18, 2026

Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black September 12, 2025–January 18, 2026 Special Exhibitions Gallery, Harvard Art Museums Discover how simple to...

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Harvard Art Museums

Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black

Georges Seurat, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Edgar Degas, John Singer Sargent, Odilon Redon, Piet Mondrian, Lyonel Feininger, Diego Rivera, Richard Serra, John Wilson, Isabella Quintanilla, Toyin Ojih Odutola

32 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

Sep 12, 2025 — Jan 18, 2026

Sketch, Shade, Smudge: Drawing from Gray to Black September 12, 2025–January 18, 2026 Special Exhibitions Gallery, Harvard Art Museums Discover how simple to...

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