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Zirchow V
Lyonel Feininger
American Art
The New York City–born painter Lyonel Feininger completed this landscape in the northern town of Zirchow, in his family’s
native Germany, at the height of World War I. As an American, he avoided Germany’s draft and never fought on the front lines of the war he described as a "monstrous, man-eating machine." Feininger’s use of intersecting planes of various color to define a church steeple are typical of a Cubist idiom that flourished in war-torn Europe.
native Germany, at the height of World War I. As an American, he avoided Germany’s draft and never fought on the front lines of the war he described as a "monstrous, man-eating machine." Feininger’s use of intersecting planes of various color to define a church steeple are typical of a Cubist idiom that flourished in war-torn Europe.
MEDIUM
Oil on canvas
DATES
1916
DIMENSIONS
31 7/8 x 39 5/8 in. (81 x 100.6 cm)
frame: 36 × 44 × 4 in. (91.4 × 111.8 × 10.2 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
54.62
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Spaeth, by exchange and John B. Woodward Memorial Fund
EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
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CAPTION
Lyonel Feininger (American, 1871–1956). Zirchow V, 1916. Oil on canvas, 31 7/8 x 39 5/8 in. (81 x 100.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Otto Spaeth, by exchange and John B. Woodward Memorial Fund, 54.62. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 54.62_SL1.jpg)
IMAGE
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