T. Lux Feininger

G K. Chesterton. The Man who was Thursday 4

   

G. K. Chesterton. Der Mann, der Donnerstag war* 4
G K. Chesterton. The Man who was Thursday 4 Repro: MB
  • 1929, in Dessau
  • Watercolor, pen and ink
  • 15 18 × 20 12 inches(38 12 × 52 cm)

  • Inscr. lower right: LUX FEININGER "the man who was thursday" by G.K. Chesterton. 4

  • [Three students of the stage-class at the Bauhaus Dessau - Hermann Clemens Röseler, Lux Feininger and Roman Clemens - refused to co-operate with the progressive 'Young Group'* founded in opposition to Schlemmer's teachings by fellow students (Mentzel, Hartmann, Grosch and others), and decide to develop their own term-project. The results are displayed - as 'free works' - in their group-exhibition before the summer holidays of 1929. The art historian Wilhelm van Kempen writes in his review for the Dessauer Volksblatt für Anhalt, published July 5, 1929: "... Lux Feininger, on the other hand, prefers figurative depictions in his designs - including four sheets for Chesterton's "The Man Who Was Thursday" - that show a "certain phantasticism" ...", cf. [209], p. 329, Ann. 453, 455]

  • Themes:  Literature & Phantasies Bauhaus-Stage

Exhibitions

Die Feiningers - Ein Familienbild am Bauhaus. 2019 Quedlinburg

Bauhaus Ausstellung von Bühnenbildern - Hermann Clemens Röseler, Lux Feininger, Roman Clemens 1929 Dessau

Literature

Bauhaus - Ausstellung von Bühnenbildern Röseler, Feininger, Clemens.  - P - 1929 Dessau, [....vier Entwürfe zu "the man who was thursday".]

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