Painter
Lyonel Feininger
A Bauhaus master whose cathedral woodcut was on its founding manifesto.
Lyonel Charles Adrian Feininger was a German-American painter, and a leading exponent of Expressionism. He also 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. He also worked as a commercial caricaturist for 20 years. At the age of 36, he began to work as a fine artist. His work, characterized above all by prismatically broken, overlapping forms in translucent colors, with many references to architecture and the sea, made him one of the most important artists of classical modernism. Furthermore he produced a large body of photographic works and created several piano compositions and fugues for organ.
- Born
- 1871-07-17, New York City, USAA Monday
- Died
- 1956-01-13, New York City, USAA Friday, aged 84
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1871-07-17, New York City, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 24°36′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 24°21′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 1°43′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 10°11′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 15°01′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 12°12′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 5°14′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Cancer | 26°43′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aries | 24°03′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Taurus | 19°41′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1956-01-13, New York City, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 22°29′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 28°50′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 11°19′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 25°13′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 29°44′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 0°23′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 0°04′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Leo | 0°37′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 0°19′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 28°09′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Lyonel Feininger was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
