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Lyonel Feininger was a German-born American painter known for his unique geometric abstract style. His works, which combined European Expressionism with American modern art movements, had a profound impact on 20th-century visual art.

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All Air Appropriate Art Attention Backgrounds Beautiful Beautiful Landscapes Calm Colour Connected

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“Each individual work serves as an expression of our most personal state of mind at that particular moment and of the inescapable, imperative need for release by means of an appropriate act of creation: in the rhythm, form, colour and mood of a picture.”

Needs Mind Mean States Moments Form Individual Creation Particular Expression Mood Rhythm Release Colour Appropriate State Of Mind Imperatives Individual Work

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“The most beautiful landscape cannot hold my fascinated attention as much as nature by the seaside and all that is connected with water.”

Art Beautiful Water Attention Connected Landscape Fascinated Beautiful Landscapes

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“Where I used to strive for movement and restlessness I now attempt to sense and express the complete total calm of objects and the surrounding air.”

Used Air Movement Objects Strive Calm Restlessness

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“There is no foreground or background, only a continuity of interlacing relationships”

Life Backgrounds Continuity Foreground

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About the Author

Born: July 17, 1871
Died: January 13, 1956
Known for: Painter
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