T. Lux Feininger

Alva

   

Alva
Alva Repro: SC
  • 1990, in Westport, MA
  • Oil on canvas
  • 17 × 30 inches(43 × 76 cm)

  • Inscr. lower right: T. LUX F. [stencil signature]; verso centered on the canvas: T. LUX F. 1990 ALVA. [stencil signature]

    TLF: "Alva", 1990 [101]; "Alva", 1990 Westport [102, Nr. 335]

    Private collection Germany
    Provenance: 1997 studio sale

  • TLF: "The painting is based on a newspaper article, referring to an american luxury sailer from the 1920s or 30s, that sank on a riff between Boston and New Providence. Part of the masts were sticking out of the water. In the background a regatta was taking place. 'Alva' shows the sunken schooner and a group of sailers under spinnaker."* [104, G. Bruhn, December 12, 2009]

  • Themes:  Ships-Sails

Exhibitions

T. Lux Feininger - Ein Malerleben im 20. Jahrhundert. 2005 Halle (Saale), Nr. 3.

Feininger - Vater und Söhne. 2001 Karlsruhe, Nr. 56

T. Lux Feininger: Von Dessau nach Amerika - Der Weg eines Bauhäuslers. 1998 Hamburg-Altona, Nr. 59.

T. Lux Feininger: Von Dessau nach Amerika - Der Weg eines Bauhäuslers. 1998 Halle (Saale), Nr. 59

T. Lux Feininger - A Selection of Paintings 1954-1994. 1995 New York

Participation in the annual Members Show / Community Exhibition from 1964 till 1999. 1964 Westport, MA, ausgestellt/exhibited 1990 [The Westport Art Group does not hold any records about past exhibitions. The listing of the works on display comes from notes by TLF.
For the following years no information available: 1964, 1967, 1968-1970, 1972, 1976-1977, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991-1992, 1994, 1996-1998]

Literature

Zwei Welten - Mein Künstlerleben zwischen Bauhaus und Amerika. T. Lux Feininger 2011 Halle (Saale), S./p. 354. Abb./ill.

Künstler mit Liebe zum Schiff und Wanderleben. Carmela Thiele 2001 Karlsruhe, Abb./ill.

Feininger - Eine Künstlerfamilie. Ursula Merkel [Hg./ed.], Wolfgang Büche, T. Lux Feininger,  u.a./et al 2001 Karlsruhe, S./p. 98, 161, Abb./ill.

T. Lux Feininger: Von Dessau nach Amerika - Der Weg eines Bauhäuslers. Wolfgang Büche [Hg./ed.], T. Lux Feininger, Ulrich Luckhardt, Emilie Norris 1998 Halle, S./p. 111, 141, Abb./ill.

T. Lux Feininger - A Selection of Paintings 1954 - 1994. T. Lux Feininger 1995 New York, S./p. 34-35, Abb./ill.

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