Artist Monograph

Lyonel Feininger, American

Lyonel Feininger is represented by 224 works in MoMA's permanent collection, classified as american, with dated works spanning 1901–1955.

American, 1871–1956

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Medium & Technique Profile

Primary media across the MoMA holdings

Medium	Works at MoMA	Share
Woodcut	65	29%
Lithography	48	21.4%
Drawing	40	17.9%
Watercolor	36	16.1%
Sculpture	14	6.3%
Etching	13	5.8%

Technique range

Lyonel Feininger’s MoMA holdings concentrate in Woodcut, with secondary engagement in Lithography, Drawing, Watercolor, Sculpture, Etching.

Collection Distribution: MoMA & The Met

Works held at MoMA

MoMA holds a substantial body of 224 works produced between 1901 and 1955 attributed to Lyonel Feininger, representing verified accession records curated by the museum’s Department of Painting and Sculpture and sister departments.

Production timeline

Dated works in these two collections span 54 years, from 1901 to 1955.

Cultural Context & Contemporaries

National context

Lyonel Feininger is catalogued under American nationality. See the full American artists hub.

Contemporaries among American artists

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works at MoMA
3358
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works at MoMA
2199
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works at MoMA
1338
Lee Friedlander
works at MoMA
932
George Maciunas
works at MoMA

Lifespan & active period

Lifespan: 1871–1956 (85 years). Artistic production is attributed within this window.

Catalogued Works

MoMA — 150 shown of 224

Title	Date	Medium	Dimensions	Department	Credit line
Ye Learned Apothecary Drawing Acc. 120.1966	1901	Opaque watercolor, pencil and ink on paper-faced board	8 5/8 x 5 1/4" (21.9 x 13.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
.a) Five Figures .b) Four Figures Drawing Acc. 122.1966.a-b	1906	a. Pencil on paper b. Pencil on paper	6 1/8 x 4" (15.6 x 10.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Aunty Jimjam and Cousin Gussy Have a Vision of the Kin-der-Kids from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.7	June 17, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Five Figures Drawing Acc. 122.1966.a	(1906)	Pencil on paper	6 1/8 x 4" (15.6 x 10.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Four Figures Drawing Acc. 122.1966.b	1906	Pencil on paper	6 1/8 x 4" (15.6 x 10.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
How the Jimjam Relief Expedition Set Out from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.8	June 24, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Kin-der-Kids: Sherlock Bones Shows that He is a Very Clever Dachshund from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.22	(October 7) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Kin-der-Kids: The Jimjam Expedition has a Collapse from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.12	(July 22) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Piemouth Comes to the Rescue of the Kin-der-Kids from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.5	June 3, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Studies for the comic The Kin-der-Kids Drawing Acc. 121.1966.a-b	1906	Ink, pencil, crayon and watercolor on paper (recto); Pencil on paper (verso)	12 3/8 x 9 1/2" (31.4 x 24.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
The Kin-der-Kid's Relief-Expedition Meets a Freight-Steamer from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.10	(July 8) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kid's Relief-Expedition Slams into a Steeple, with Results from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.9	July 1, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kid's: The Relief-Expedition Meets with Base Ingratitude from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.11	(July 15) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids (Abroad): The Kids Terrible Adventure with a Whale! from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.4	May 20, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids Abroad: Triumphant Departure of the Kids, in the Family Bathtub!! from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.2	May 6, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids are Taken Captive by Russian Videttes from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.20	(September 16) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.1-27	April 29 – November 18, 1906	Twenty-seven lithographed comic strips	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.1	April 29, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids Make a Lucky Haul! from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.6	(June 10) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids Nearly Loose Japansky from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.15	(August 12) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids Pass Sandy Hook Light from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.3	May 13, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids Visit a Football Match and Piemouth Enjoys Himself from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.16	(August 19) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids Win a Motor Boat Race upon their Arrival in England from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.14	August 5, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids: Aunty Jimjam Conceives a Novel Method of Punishment for Cousin Gussie from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.24	(October 21) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids: Aunty Jimjam Resumes her Chase in a Flying Machine from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.25	(November 4) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids: Dr. Dopeski Tries his Newski Cureski on Fatty from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.27	(November 18) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids: Japansky Surprises the Governor General who Condemns him to Death from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.21	(September 30) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids: Melancholy Loss of The Jim-jam "Relief-Expedition's" Balloon from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.13	July 29, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids: Mr. Buggins Gets a Pull and Auntie Jimjam Swats Gussie One for Luck from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.23	(October 14) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids: Piemouth is Rescued by Kind-Hearted Pat from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.19	(September 9) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids: Strenuous Teddy Brings his Jiu-Jitsu into Play from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.17	(August 26) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids: Thrilling Adventure with Wolves in the Wilderness from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.26	(November 11) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Kin-der-Kids' Narrow Escape from Aunty JimJam from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 260.1944.18	(September 2) 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 3/8 x 17 13/16" (59.4 x 45.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Locomotive (Die Maschine) Print Acc. 387.1955	1906	Drypoint	plate: 4 5/8 x 6 1/8" (11.7 x 15.6 cm); sheet: 6 3/16 x 7 7/8" (15.7 x 20 cm); mount: 6 3/16 x 8 1/16" (15.7 x 20.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
The Old Locomotive Print Acc. 217.1955	1906	Lithograph	composition: 6 1/4 x 12 5/8" (15.8 x 32.1 cm); sheet: 11 1/16 x 15 11/16" (28.1 x 39.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 261.1944.1-10	August 26 – December 2, 1906	Ten lithographed comic strips	page: 23 1/2 x 17 13/16" (59.7 x 45.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 261.1944.1	August 26, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 1/2 x 17 13/16" (59.7 x 45.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 261.1944.2	September 2, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 1/2 x 17 13/16" (59.7 x 45.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 261.1944.4	September 16, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 1/2 x 17 13/16" (59.7 x 45.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 261.1944.5	September 23, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 1/2 x 17 13/16" (59.7 x 45.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 261.1944.6	September 30, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 1/2 x 17 13/16" (59.7 x 45.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 261.1944.7	November 4, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 1/2 x 17 13/16" (59.7 x 45.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 261.1944.8	November 11, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 1/2 x 17 13/16" (59.7 x 45.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 261.1944.9	November 25, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 1/2 x 17 13/16" (59.7 x 45.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Wee Willie Winkie's World from The Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 261.1944.10	December 2, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 1/2 x 17 13/16" (59.7 x 45.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
Wee Willie Winkie's World fromThe Chicago Sunday Tribune Print Acc. 261.1944.3	September 9, 1906	Lithographed comic strip	page: 23 1/2 x 17 13/16" (59.7 x 45.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist
The Miller and His Child (Der Müller und sein Kind) Drawing Acc. 123.1966	1907	Ink, crayon and opaque watercolor on paper	11 1/8 x 9 1/8" (28.3 x 23.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Uprising (Aufruhr) Drawing Acc. 244.1976	1909	Ink and charcoal on paper	12 1/2 x 9 3/8" (31.8 x 23.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift in memory of Reverend Laurence Feininger
The Anglers (Die Angler) Print Acc. 296.1940	(c. 1910-1911)	Drypoint	plate: 4 3/4 x 6 5/16" (12.1 x 16 cm); sheet: 8 3/8 x 12 3/4" (21.3 x 32.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
The Green Bridge (recto); Zirchow (verso) Print Acc. 388.1955.a-b	1910–11 (recto); 1917–18 (verso)	Etching (recto and verso)	plate (.a): 10 9/16 x 7 11/16" (26.8 x 19.6 cm); plate (.b): 4 1/4 x 5 7/16" (10.8 x 13.8 cm); sheet: 12 3/4 x 9 11/16" (32.4 x 24.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and his wife
The Town at the End of the World (Die Stadt am Ende der Welt) Print Acc. 103.1995	1910	Etching and drypoint	plate: 7 13/16 x 9 13/16" (19.8 x 24.9 cm); sheet: 12 15/16 x 17 5/8" (32.9 x 44.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of William S. Lieberman in honor of Louise Reinhardt Smith
The Unemployed (Arbeitslose) Drawing Acc. 124.1966	1910	Ink and charcoal on paper	12 3/8 x 9 3/8" (31.4 x 23.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Tramps (Die Landstreicher) Print Acc. 220.1955	(c. 1910)	Lithograph	composition: 8 1/8 x 9 1/2" (20.6 x 24.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 11 1/4 x 17 1/16" (28.6 x 43.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fund
Uprising Painting Acc. 257.1964	1910	Oil on canvas	41 1/8 x 37 5/8" (104.4 x 95.4 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Gift of Julia Feininger
Marine, I Print Acc. 389.1955	1911	Etching	plate: 6 15/16 x 9 3/16" (17.7 x 23.4 cm); sheet: 9 15/16 x 13 3/8" (25.2 x 34 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and his wife
On the Quay Drawing Acc. 271.1964	1911	Ink and opaque watercolor on paper	9 1/2 x 12 3/8" (24.1 x 31.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Sunrise (Sonnenaufgang) for the portfolio Dedicated to Arno Holz on the Occasion of his 60th Birthday by German Artists (Arno Holz zum sechzigsten Geburtstag gewidmet von deutschen Künstlern) Print Acc. 649.1954	1911	Etching	plate: 6 1/8 x 9 5/16" (15.5 x 23.7 cm); sheet (irreg.): 10 5/16 x 13 1/4" (26.2 x 33.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange)
The Disparagers Drawing Acc. 477.1953	1911	Watercolor and ink on paper	9 3/8 x 12 1/4" (23.8 x 31.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
The Disparagers (Die Höhnenden) Print Acc. 218.1955	1911	Etching	plate: 8 9/16 x 10 3/8" (21.8 x 26.4 cm); sheet: 12 1/4 x 13 1/4" (31.1 x 33.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
At the Seaside (An der Waterkant) Print Acc. 391.1955	(1912, probably printed in the 1950s)	Etching	plate: 5 3/8 x 8 7/16" (13.7 x 21.5 cm); sheet: 8 3/4 x 11" (22.3 x 27.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and his wife
Old Windmill (Alte Mühle) Print Acc. 166.1966	1912	Etching	plate: 5 1/2 x 8 1/2" (13.9 x 21.6 cm); sheet: 10 x 13 7/16" (25.4 x 34.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
The City at the Edge of the World (In der Stadt am Ende der Welt) Drawing Acc. 125.1966	1912	Ink and charcoal on paper	12 1/2 x 9 1/2" (31.8 x 24.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
The Gate (Das Tor) from the portfolio Die Schaffenden, vol. 1, no. 1 Print Acc. 39.1959	(1912, published 1918)	Etching and drypoint	plate: 10 11/16 x 7 13/16" (27.2 x 19.9 cm); sheet 16 1/2 x 12 9/16" (42.0 x 32.0 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus
Arcueil II Drawing Acc. 79.1978	1915	Ink and charcoal on paper	11 7/8 x 9 1/4" (30.4 x 23.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Street in Arcueil (Strasse in Arcueil) Drawing Acc. 80.1978	1915	Watercolor, opaque watercolor, ink and charcoal on paper	11 1/4 x 9 5/8" (28.6 x 24.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Gelmeroda V Drawing Acc. 97.1974	1916	Charcoal and ink on paper	12 1/4 x 9 1/2" (31.3 x 24.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (by exchange)
The Village of Legefeld I (Dorf Legefeld I) Drawing Acc. 81.1978	1916	Ink and charcoal on paper	9 3/8 x 12 3/8" (24 x 31.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection
Two Anglers (recto); The Stern Bridge (verso) Drawing Acc. 258.1964.a-b	1916	Watercolor and ink on paper (recto); ink on paper (verso)	9 1/2 x 12 3/8" (24.1 x 31.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Winter Night (Winternacht) Print Acc. 390.1955	(1916-1917)	Etching	plate: 5 7/16 x 8 1/2" (13.8 x 21.6 cm); sheet: 9 13/16 x 13 5/16" (24.9 x 33.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Fishing Boat in the Rain (Fischerboot im Regen) (plate, loose leaf) from the periodical Das Kunstblatt, vol. 1, no. 3 (Mar 1917) Print Acc. 648.1949	1917	Etching	plate: 4 5/16 x 5 1/2" (11 x 13.9 cm); sheet: 8 11/16 x 11 1/16" (22 x 28.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Transferred from The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
The Evening Greeting (Abendgruss) Print Acc. 22.2003	1917	Etching	plate: 5 7/16 x 8 7/16" (13.8 x 21.4 cm); sheet: 9 13/16 x 12 3/16" (24.9 x 30.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of William S. Lieberman
The Wild Agitated Sea (Das wildaufgeregte Meer) Print Acc. 392.1955	1917	Etching	plate: 6 7/8 x 9 5/16" (17.5 x 23.7 cm); sheet: 10 7/8 x 13 9/16" (27.7 x 34.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
.a Da-Da, 1 (frontispiece) for the illustrated book Dada and .b Da-Da, 2 Print Acc. 397.1955.a-b	1918	Two woodcuts, printed on one sheet	composition (.a; irreg.): 4 5/8 x 3 1/2" (11.8 x 8.9 cm); composition (.b): 3 1/2 x 4 13/16" (8.9 x 12.2 cm); sheet: 9 15/16 x 7 3/8" (25.2 x 18.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and his wife
Baltic Steamer (Ostsee Dampfer) Print Acc. 170.1966	1918	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 12 15/16 x 16 13/16" (32.9 x 42.7 cm); sheet: 19 7/16 x 27 1/2" (49.4 x 69.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Church (Kirche) Print Acc. 531.1966	1918	Woodcut	composition: 7 1/16 x 8 11/16" (18 x 22.1 cm); sheet (irreg.): 10 3/4 x 14 15/16" (27.3 x 38 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
City on the Mountain (Stadt auf dem Berge) Print Acc. 415.1955	1918	Woodcut	composition: 15 15/16 x 19 5/8" (40.5 x 49.9 cm); sheet: 19 5/8 x 26 3/4" (49.9 x 67.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and his wife
Desolated Village (Verfallenes Dorf) Print Acc. 532.1966	1918	Woodcut	composition: 4 1/2 x 4 3/16" (11.5 x 10.6 cm); sheet: 8 x 6 1/4" (20.3 x 15.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Euphoric Victory (Siegesrausch) Drawing Acc. 129.1966	(1918)	Watercolor, opaque watercolor and ink on paper	(irreg.): 14 3/8 x 12 5/8" (36.5 x 32 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Euphoric Victory (Siegesrausch) Drawing Acc. 130.1966	1918	Watercolor, opaque watercolor and ink on paper	13 5/8 x 12 1/8" (34.6 x 30.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Fishing Boats (Fischerboote) Print Acc. 399.1955	1918	Woodcut	composition: 4 15/16 x 6 1/2" (12.6 x 16.5 cm); sheet: 8 9/16 x 11" (21.8 x 27.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and his wife
Gelmeroda (with the Fir Tree) (Gelmeroda [mit Tanne]) Print Acc. 396.1955	1918	Woodcut	composition: 8 11/16 x 6 3/4" (22 x 17.2 cm); sheet (irreg.): 14 15/16 x 11 7/16" (38 x 29 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Hansa Fleet (Hansaflotte) (plate 23) from the illustrated book Deutsche Graphiker der Gegenwart (German Printmakers of Our Time) Illustrated Book Acc. 2.1942.16	1918, published 1920	Woodcut from an illustrated book with fifteen lithographs, eight woodcuts, eight reproductions and one lithographed cover	composition (irreg.): 6 3/8 x 8 11/16" (16.2 x 22 cm); page: 12 11/16 x 9 1/2" (32.3 x 24.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Lighthouse (Leuchtbake) from Ten Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger Print Acc. 572.1949.1	(1918, published 1941)	One from a portfolio of ten woodcuts	composition: 4 7/16 x 6 13/16" (11.3 x 17.3 cm); sheet: 6 3/4 x 9 3/16" (17.1 x 23.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Locomotive on the Bridge (Zug auf der Brücke) from Ten Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger Print Acc. 572.1949.4	(1918, published 1941)	One from a portfolio of ten woodcuts	composition: 3 11/16 x 4 1/2" (9.3 x 11.5 cm); sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 1/8" (17.4 x 23.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Marine Print Acc. 5.1929	1918	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 6 5/8 x 8 7/8" (16.8 x 22.5 cm); sheet: 8 5/8 x 11 1/16" (21.9 x 28.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Paul J. Sachs
Marine from The First Portfolio (Die erste Mappe) Print Acc. 152.1945	1918, published 1921	Woodcut	composition: 11 x 14 13/16" (28 x 37.7 cm); sheet: 13 7/16 x 17 3/8" (34.2 x 44.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Men, Houses, Lantern, and Pushcart (Männer, Häuser, Laterne und Schiebkarren) from Ten Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger Print Acc. 572.1949.2	(1918, published 1941)	One from a portfolio of ten woodcuts	composition: 7 9/16 x 4 3/4" (19.2 x 12.1 cm); sheet: 6 3/4 x 9 1/8" (17.1 x 23.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Mountain Village (Gebirgsdorf) for the portfolio 10 Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger (10 Holzschnitte von Lyonel Feininger) Print Acc. 410.1955	(1918)	Woodcut	composition: 4 7/16 x 6 1/4" (11.2 x 15.8 cm); sheet: 7 15/16 x 9 9/16" (20.2 x 24.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Night (Nacht) Print Acc. 401.1955	1918	Woodcut	composition: 4 5/8 x 6 7/8" (11.7 x 17.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 7 1/2 x 9 3/4" (19.1 x 24.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the artist and his wife
People on the Jetty (Leute auf See-Steg) Drawing Acc. 127.1966	1918	Watercolor and ink on paper	7 5/8 x 11 1/2" (19.4 x 29.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Promenaders (Spaziergänger) from the portfolio New European Graphics, 1st Portfolio: Masters of the State Bauhaus, Weimar , 1921 (Neue europäische Graphik, 1. Mappe: Meister des Staatlichen Bauhauses in Weimar , 1921) Print Acc. 482.1949	1918, published 1921	Woodcut	composition: 14 5/8 x 11 5/8" (37.1 x 29.5 cm); sheet: 19 x 13 11/16" (48.3 x 34.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Rainy Day on the Beach (Regentag am Strande) for the portfolio Twelve Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger Print Acc. 395.1955	1918	Woodcut	composition: 5 3/8 x 8 7/16" (13.7 x 21.5 cm); sheet (irreg.): 7 3/8 x 9 13/16" (18.7 x 25 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Ships in Port (Schiffe im Hafen) from Ten Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger Print Acc. 572.1949.3	(1918, published 1941)	One from a portfolio of ten woodcuts	sheet: 6 3/4 x 9 1/8" (17.1 x 23.1 cm); composition: 3 1/4 x 4 5/8" (8.3 x 11.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Side Wheeler (Raddampfer) from Ten Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger Print Acc. 572.1949.6	(1918, published 1941)	One from a portfolio of ten woodcuts	composition: 2 11/16 x 4 5/8" (6.8 x 11.8 cm); sheet: 6 7/8 x 9 1/8" (17.4 x 23.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Street in Paris (Strasse in Paris) Print Acc. 398.1955	1918	Woodcut	composition: 21 7/16 x 16 3/16" (54.4 x 41.1 cm); sheet: 26 7/8 x 19 1/2" (68.2 x 49.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Julia Feininger
Street Lantern (Die Laterne) Print Acc. 413.1955	(1918)	Woodcut	composition: 6 11/16 x 9 15/16" (17 x 25.2 cm); sheet: 9 7/16 x 11 15/16" (24 x 30.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
The Rainbow (Der Regenbogen) Drawing Acc. 128.1966	1918	Watercolor and ink on paper	9 3/8 x 12 1/4" (23.8 x 31.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
The Yacht Race (Wettsegeln) Print Acc. 393.1955	1918	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 5 5/8 x 7 5/8" (14.3 x 19.3 cm); sheet: 7 7/8 x 10" (20 x 25.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Town Gate, Ribnitz (Das Tor, Ribnitz) Print Acc. 394.1955	1918	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 5 11/16 x 5 5/8" (14.5 x 14.3 cm); sheet: 9 1/16 x 8 3/16" (23 x 20.8 cm); mount: 11 9/16 x 9 13/16" (29.4 x 25 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Town Hall (Rathaus) Print Acc. 527.1966	1918	Woodcut	composition: 4 5/16 x 4 1/2" (11 x 11.5 cm); sheet: 8 1/2 x 11 1/8" (21.6 x 28.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Trumpeter (Trompeter) Print Acc. 168.1966	1918	Woodcut	composition: 8 1/2 x 7 5/16" (21.6 x 18.6 cm); sheet: 11 5/8 x 9 1/16" (29.5 x 23 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Trumpeter (with Hat) (Trompeter [mit Hut]) Print Acc. 167.1966	1918	Woodcut	composition: 8 9/16 x 6 15/16" (21.8 x 17.6 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 11/16" (28.2 x 22 cm); mount: 12 3/8 x 9 13/16" (31.4 x 25 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Trumpeter and Child (Trompeter und Kind) Print Acc. 618.1956	(1918)	Woodcut	composition: 4 3/4 x 3 9/16" (12 x 9 cm); sheet: 5 13/16 x 4 1/8" (14.8 x 10.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Robert Isaacson
Wagon Crossing a Bridge (Wagen auf einer Brücke) fromTen Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger Print Acc. 572.1949.5	(1918, published 1941)	One from a portfolio of ten woodcuts	composition: 3 1/8 x 4 5/16" (8 x 11 cm); sheet: 6 13/16 x 9 3/16" (17.3 x 23.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Woodblock for Fishing Boats (Fischerboote) Print Acc. 169.1966	1918	Woodblock	overall: 4 7/8 x 6 3/8 x 3/8" (12.4 x 16.2 x 0.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Woodblock for The Harbor (Hafen) Print Acc. 215.1984	1918	Woodblock	overall: 6 5/16 x 8 11/16 x 3/8" (16 x 22 x 1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Woodblock forThe Yacht Race (Wettsegeln) Print Acc. 214.1984	1918	Woodblock	overall: 5 9/16 x 7 1/2 x 1/4" (14.2 x 19 x 0.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Anglers (Angler) Print Acc. 411.1955	(1919)	Woodcut	composition: 6 9/16 x 7 7/8" (16.6 x 20 cm); sheet: 8 5/8 x 11 1/16" (21.9 x 28.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Anglers (Angler) from Ten Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger Print Acc. 572.1949.9	(1919, published 1941)	One from a portfolio of ten woodcuts	composition: 3 15/16 x 5 1/2" (10 x 14 cm); sheet: 6 13/16 x 9 3/16" (17.3 x 23.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Anglers and Ships (Angler und Schiffe) from Ten Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger Print Acc. 572.1949.8	(1919, published 1941)	One from a portfolio of ten woodcuts	composition: 3 1/4 x 4 1/2" (8.3 x 11.5 cm); sheet: 6 3/4 x 9 1/4" (17.1 x 23.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Cathedral (Kathedrale) [small trial block] Print Acc. 171.1966	1919	Woodcut	composition: 7 1/16 x 4 13/16" (18 x 12.3 cm); sheet: 11 1/16 x 8 11/16" (28.1 x 22 cm); mount: 11 5/8 x 9" (29.5 x 22.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Cathedral (Kathedrale) for Program of the State Bauhaus in Weimar (Programm des Staatlichen Bauhauses in Weimar) Print Acc. 156.1945	1919	Woodcut	composition: 12 x 7 1/2" (30.5 x 19 cm); sheet (irreg.): 16 1/8 x 12 3/16" (41 x 31 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Church (Kirche) Print Acc. 404.1955	1919	Woodcut	composition: 10 1/8 x 11 15/16" (25.7 x 30.3 cm); sheet: 14 15/16 x 19 11/16" (38 x 50 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Ghosts from Ten Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger Print Acc. 572.1949.7	(1919, published 1941)	One from a portfolio of ten woodcuts	composition: 3 3/8 x 4 1/2" (8.5 x 11.4 cm); sheet: 6 3/4 x 9 1/8" (17.1 x 23.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Hanseatic Ships (Hansaschiffe) Print Acc. 402.1955	1919	Woodcut	composition: 8 7/16 x 13 1/8" (21.4 x 33.3 cm); sheet: 13 7/16 x 19 1/8" (34.1 x 48.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
High Buildings (Hohe Gebäude) Print Acc. 219.1955	1919	Woodcut	composition: 18 1/2 x 14 3/8" (47 x 36.5 cm); sheet: 23 7/8 x 19" (60.6 x 48.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Houses in Old Paris (Pariser Häuser) Print Acc. 25.1996	1919	Woodcut	composition: 12 5/16 x 9 15/16" (31.2 x 25.3 cm); sheet: 16 1/16 x 12 1/16" (40.8 x 30.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of William S. Lieberman in honor of Louise Reinhardt Smith
Marine Print Acc. 636.1965	1919	Woodcut	composition: 6 3/16 x 3 15/16" (15.7 x 10 cm); sheet: 10 1/8 x 7 7/16" (25.7 x 18.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Masks (Masken) Print Acc. 528.1966	1919	Woodcut	composition: 5 1/2 x 4 1/16" (14 x 10.3 cm); sheet (irreg.): 9 7/16 x 8 7/8" (24 x 22.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Masks (Masken) Print Acc. 529.1966	1919	Woodcut, with watercolor additions	composition: 5 5/8 x 4 3/16" (14.3 x 10.6 cm); sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 11/16" (28.2 x 22.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Old Shellbacks (Alte Seebären) Print Acc. 400.1955	1919	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 5 1/8 x 7 5/16" (13 x 18.6 cm); sheet (irreg.): 9 3/4 x 11 15/16" (24.7 x 30.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Railroad Viaduct (Die Eisenbahnbrücke) Print Acc. 151.1945	1919	Woodcut	composition: 12 15/16 x 16 13/16" (32.9 x 42.7 cm); sheet: 15 1/16 x 18 7/8" (38.3 x 48 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
Ships (Schiffe) Print Acc. 39.1957	1919	Woodcut	composition: 9 7/8 x 11 3/8" (25.1 x 28.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 14 15/16 x 18 7/16" (37.9 x 46.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Donald B. Straus
Ships and Stars (Schiffe und Sterne) Print Acc. 403.1955	1919	Woodcut	composition: 5 7/16 x 9 1/8" (13.8 x 23.2 cm); sheet: 9 7/16 x 11 15/16" (24 x 30.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Mrs. Julia Feininger
Ships and Sun (Schiffe und Sonne) from Ten Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger Print Acc. 572.1949.10	(1919, published 1941)	One from a portfolio of ten woodcuts	composition: 3 7/16 x 4 3/4" (8.8 x 12 cm); sheet: 6 3/4 x 9 3/16" (17.1 x 23.4 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Purchase
The Hack (Die Mähre) Print Acc. 227.1972	1919	Woodcut	composition: 3 3/8 x 3 9/16" (8.5 x 9 cm); sheet: 5 1/2 x 8 9/16" (14 x 21.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Associated American Artists, New York
The Virtuoso (Der Virtuose) Print Acc. 228.1972	(1919, posthumously published 1964)	Woodcut	composition: 6 3/8 x 8 3/16" (16.2 x 20.8 cm); sheet: 13 x 18" (33 x 45.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Associated American Artists
Volcano (Vulkan) Print Acc. 638.1965	1919	Woodcut	composition: 3 1/8 x 4 3/4" (8 x 12 cm) ; sheet: 4 3/4 x 7 1/2" (12 x 19 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Lyonel Feininger
Warfleet, 2 (Kriegsflotte, 2) Print Acc. 637.1965	1919	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 13 1/8 x 17 1/4" (33.3 x 43.8 cm); sheet: 19 1/8 x 24" (48.6 x 60.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Windmill (Windmühle) from the annual portfolio of the Alliance for the Advancement of German Art (Verbindung zur Förderung deutscher Kunst) Print Acc. 525.1966	1919 (published 1931)	Woodcut	composition: 10 x 12" (25.4 x 30.5 cm); sheet: 16 1/4 x 21" (41.3 x 53.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Woodblock for Cathedral (Holzstock für Kathedrale) Print Acc. 218.1984	1919	Woodblock	overall: 11 15/16 x 7 13/16 x 1/4" (30.3 x 19.9 x 0.7 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Woodblock for Eight Men in Cylinder Hats and a Dog (Acht Männer mit Zylinderhüten und ein Hund) Print Acc. 217.1984	1919	Woodblock	overall: 3 1/4 x 5 13/16 x 5/16" (8.3 x 14.7 x 0.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Woodblock for In the Offing (Zur Ausfahrt bereit) Print Acc. 216.1984	1919	Woodblock	overall: 6 7/8 x 8 3/8 x 1/4" (17.4 x 21.3 x 0.6 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Woodblock for Ships and Stars (Schiffe und Sterne) Print Acc. 220.1984	1919	Woodblock	overall: 5 3/8 x 9 1/8 x 13/16" (13.7 x 23.1 x 2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Woodblock for The Departure (Die Ausfahrt) Print Acc. 219.1984	1919	Woodblock	overall: 6 5/8 x 7 7/8 x 5/16" (16.9 x 20 x 0.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Woodblock for The Virtuoso (Der Virtuose) Print Acc. 221.1984	1919	Woodblock	overall: 6 3/8 x 8 1/8 x 3/8" (16.2 x 20.7 x 0.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Woodcut for Anglers (with Sun and Ships) (Angler [mit Sonne und Schiffen]) Print Acc. 535.1966	1919	Woodblock	overall: 6 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 3 1/8" (16.2 x 20 x 7.9 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Church in the Woods, 2 (Waldkirche, 2) Print Acc. 26.1996	1920	Woodcut	composition (illeg.): 5 5/8 x 4 9/16" (14.3 x 11.6 cm); sheet: 9 5/8 x 7 5/8" (24.5 x 19.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of William S. Lieberman in honor of Louise Reinhardt Smith
Gelmeroda from the Masters' Portfolio of the Staatliches Bauhaus (Meistermappe des Staatlichen Bauhauses) Print Acc. 130.1947	(1920, published 1923)	Woodcut from a portfolio of three lithographs, three woodcuts and two etchings	composition (irreg.): 12 7/8 x 9 5/8" (32.7 x 24.5 cm); sheet: 15 1/8 x 11 7/8" (38.4 x 30.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of the Advisory Committee
Paris Houses (Pariser Häuser) annual print for the Gesellschaft der Erfurter Museumsfreunde (Society for the Friends of the Erfurt Museum) Print Acc. 406.1955	1920 (published 1927)	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 14 5/8 x 10 3/4" (37.2 x 27.3 cm); sheet: 20 3/8 x 14 11/16" (51.8 x 37.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
The Gate (Das Tor) Print Acc. 257.1944	1920	Woodcut	composition: 16 x 17 11/16" (40.7 x 44.9 cm); sheet (irreg.): 21 1/8 x 22 1/4" (53.7 x 56.5 cm)	Drawings & Prints	James Thrall Soby Fund
Title page (Titelblatt) from the portfolio Twelve Woodcuts by Lyonel Feininger (Zwölf Holzschnitte von Lyonel Feininger) Print Acc. 414.1955	(1920)	Woodcut	composition: 4 5/8 x 6 9/16" (11.7 x 16.6 cm); sheet: 8 3/4 x 9 9/16" (22.3 x 24.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Viaduct Painting Acc. 259.1944	1920	Oil on canvas	39 3/4 x 33 3/4" (100.9 x 85.7 cm)	Painting & Sculpture	Acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (by exchange)
Village (Dorf) Print Acc. 530.1966	1920	Woodcut	composition: 8 9/16 x 13 1/2" (21.7 x 34.3 cm); sheet: 10 5/8 x 16 1/4" (27 x 41.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Woodblock for Harbor (with Boats and Anglers) (Hafen [mit Booten und Anglern]) Print Acc. 222.1984	1920	Woodblock	overall (irreg.): 5 5/16 x 7 11/16 x 5/16" (13.5 x 19.5 x 0.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Woodblock for Ships, Waves, and Sun (Schiffe, Wellen und Sonne) Print Acc. 223.1984	1920	Woodblock	overall: 5 x 6 x 7/16" (12.7 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Woodblock for Tahiti Print Acc. 224.1984	1920	Woodblock	overall: 6 5/16 x 7 3/8 x 3/8" (16.1 x 18.8 x 1 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Zirchow Print Acc. 27.1996	1920	Woodcut	composition: 8 1/16 x 9 5/8" (20.4 x 24.4 cm); sheet: 10 15/16 x 14 7/8" (27.8 x 37.8 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of William S. Lieberman in honor of Louise Reinhardt Smith
Estuary (Mündung) Print Acc. 405.1955	1921	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 6 7/16 x 9 1/16" (16.3 x 23 cm); sheet (irreg.): 9 5/8 x 11 7/8" (24.4 x 30.2 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger
Moonlight (Mondschein) Print Acc. 412.1955	(1921)	Woodcut	composition (irreg.): 5 5/16 x 5 13/16" (13.5 x 14.8 cm); sheet: 9 7/16 x 11 15/16" (24 x 30.3 cm)	Drawings & Prints	Gift of Julia Feininger

Frequently Asked Questions

How many works by Lyonel Feininger are in MoMA?

MoMA's catalogue lists 224 works attributed to Lyonel Feininger.

What medium did Lyonel Feininger primarily work in?

Based on MoMA's holdings, Lyonel Feininger's most represented medium is Woodcut.

What nationality is Lyonel Feininger?

Lyonel Feininger is catalogued as American in MoMA's Artists index.

When were Lyonel Feininger's works created?

Dated works in MoMA + Met for Lyonel Feininger span 1901 to 1955.