Lyonel Feininger

• Born 1871-07-17 · Died 1956-01-13

Lyonel Feininger was a German-American painter, and a leading exponent of Expressionism. He worked as a caricaturist and comic strip artist. He was born and grew up in New York City. In 1887 he traveled to Europe and studied art in Hamburg, Berlin and Paris. He started his career as a cartoonist in 1894 and met with much success in this area, illustrating two comic strips "The Kin-der-Kids" and "Wee Willie Winkie's World" for the Chicago Tribune. He also worked as a commercial caricaturist for 20 years. At the age of 36, he began to work as a fine artist.