Ober-Weimar

Lyonel Feininger (in 1921)

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Rein van der Wiel asked

Ls,
Kunt u mij de provenance vertellen van Feiningers Ober-Weimar?

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Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Hallo rein, Dit schilderij komt uit de nalatenschap van Marie Tak van Poortvliet. Het is van de kunstenaar naar haar gegaan, mogelijk door bemiddeling van herwarth Walden/Galerie Der Sturm en is na haar dood in 1936 in de museumcollectie gekomen.
Je kunt deze gegevens ook zelf vinden als je op de oranje knop 'toon meer details' klikt.
Hartelijke groet, Els

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The American painter Lionel Feininger taught at the Bauhaus, the famous design school in Weimar. In this impression of Ober-Weimar, a village adjacent to the city of Weimar, he has reduced the church and surrounding houses to angular planes. The subdued colouring and rhythmic composition are inspired by the Cubism of Braque and Picasso.

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Title	Ober-Weimar
Material and technique	Oil on canvas
Object type	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 90 cm Width 100 cm Thickness 2 cm
Artists	Painter: Lyonel Feininger
Accession number	1217 (MK)
Credits	From the estate of M. Tak van Poortvliet, 1936
Department	Modern Art
Acquisition date	1936
Creation date	in 1921
Collector	Collector / Marie Tak van Poortvliet
Internal exhibitions	Kurt Schwitters en de avant-garde (2007) The Collection Enriched (2011) De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) Lievelingen (2024)
Material	Canvas > Worked fibres > Fibre > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Oil > Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Painting > Painting > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Geographical origin	The United States of America > North America > America