Andreas Feininger (1906-1999)

Aliases: Andreas Bernhard Lyonel Feininger

Professions: Photographer; Painter

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Andreas Feininger Biography

(b Paris, 27 Dec 1906; d New York, 18 Feb 1999). Photographer, son of (1) Lyonel Feininger. He studied at the Bauhaus in Weimar (1922–5) and received a degree in architecture from the Bauschule in Zerbst (1929). Rejecting the abstract nature of Bauhaus photography, he developed a realist style, preferring black-and-white to colour. His work typically examines both the structural forms of nature, emphasizing the relationship between function and form, and the city, which he treats in a similar way, as a dynamic living organism. As a staff photographer for Life magazine (1942–62), Feininger documented such diverse subjects as the American war industry and the structures built by insects. He produced over 30 books on photographic subjects.

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