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Lyonel Feininger

1871 - 1956

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Lyonel Charles Adrian Feininger (; July 17, 1871 – January 13, 1956) was a German-American painter, and a leading exponent of Expressionism. He also worked as a caricaturist and comic strip artist. He was born and grew up in New York City. In 1887 he traveled to Europe and studied art in Hamburg, Berlin and Paris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lyonel Feininger is the 422nd most popular painter (up from 517th in 2019), the 1,638th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,655th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Painter.

Lyonel Feininger is most famous for his paintings of New York City and Paris, as well as his work in Cubism.

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Among painters, Lyonel Feininger ranks 422 out of 2,023. Before him are Giuseppe Castiglione, Adam Elsheimer, Bartholomeus Spranger, Fede Galizia, Salaì, and Albert Anker. After him are Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Eva Gonzalès, Sidney Nolan, Pieter Lastman, André Masson, and Carlo Levi.

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Among people born in 1871, Lyonel Feininger ranks 30. Before him are Stjepan Radić, William Stern, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich of Russia, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Cordell Hull, and Leonid Andreyev. After him are Ernst Zermelo, Willem Mengelberg, Danilo, Crown Prince of Montenegro, Nicolae Iorga, Sergei Bulgakov, and Princess Hélène of Orléans. Among people deceased in 1956, Lyonel Feininger ranks 43. Before him are Joseph Wirth, August Kubizek, Yakub Kolas, Jan Łukasiewicz, Gianpiero Combi, and Gustave Charpentier. After him are Juan Negrín, Marie Laurencin, Harold Bride, Mistinguett, Alben W. Barkley, and Gottfried Benn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lyonel Feininger ranks 1,638 out of 20,380. Before him are Bessie Smith (1894), Maria Mitchell (1818), Jean Webster (1876), John Vincent Atanasoff (1903), Barry Levinson (1942), and W. Edwards Deming (1900). After him are Dave Brubeck (1920), Aileen Wuornos (1956), Gloria Gaynor (1947), Roy O. Disney (1893), Rodney Alcala (1943), and John B. Kelly Sr. (1889).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, Lyonel Feininger ranks 12. Before him are Man Ray (1890), Georgia O'Keeffe (1887), Asher Brown Durand (1796), Joseph Kosuth (1945), Norman Rockwell (1894), and Robert Rauschenberg (1925). After him are Richard Serra (1939), Grant Wood (1891), John La Farge (1835), Frank Stella (1936), Dorothea Tanning (1910), and Helen Frankenthaler (1928).

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