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Feiniger only started working artist at the age of 36, after having worked as a commercial caricaturist for twenty years for various newspapers and magazines in both the USA and Germany; he was a member of the Berliner Sezession in 1909, and taught at the Bauhaus for several years. He returned to America in 1936, after his work was exhibited in the ' degenerate art' (Entartete Kunst) by the Nazis, but before the 1937 exhibition in Munich.

Feininger was one of the very few fine artists also to draw comic strips as a cartoonistA cartoonist is an artist who specializes in drawing cartoons (see also comic books and strips, anime, manga). They traditionally use pencil to sketch out their drawings, then go over the sketches in black ink, using either brushes or metal nibbed pens.. His short-lived strips, The Kin-Der-Kids and Wee Willie Winkie's World were noted for their fey humor and graphic experimentation.

His son, Andreas FeiningerAndreas Feininger ( 1906- 1999) was an American photographer of German heritage born in Paris, the son of the painter Lyonel Feininger. He was made famous by his photographs of New York City. He was a staff photographer of Life magazine. He wrote comprehe, became famous as a photographer of New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York,.

1 Selected works

• 1907Events January events January 6 Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome Casa dei Bambini in San Lorenzo). January 14 An earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica kills more than a 1,000 January 23 Charles Curtis, Der weiße Mann, (Collection Museo Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza, MadridThis article is about the Spanish capital. For other entries, see Madrid (disambiguation). Coat of arms Madrid the capital of Spain, is located in the center of the country at 40°25'N, 3°45'W. As of 2003 census, population of the city of Madrid proper was)
• 1910Events January events January 13 The first live musical radio program. Lee De Forest broadcasts a live performance of Enrico Caruso from the Metropolitan Opera. January 26 ? Seine floods in Paris. February events February 8 The Boy Scouts of America is in, Straße im Dämmern, ( Sprengel MuseumThe Sprengel Museum in Hanover houses one of the most significant collections of modern art in Germany. It is located in a building designed by Peter and Ursula Trint (Cologne) and Dieter Quast (Heidelberg) adjacent to the Maschsee. The museum opened in 1, Hannover)
• 1913, Gelmeroda I, (Private collection, New York)
• 1913, Leuchtbake, (Museum Folkwang, Essen)
• 1918, Teltow II, (Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin)
• 1925, Barfüßerkirche in Erfurt I, (Staatsgalerie Stuttgart)
• 1929, Halle, Am Trödel, ( Bauhaus-Archiv , Berlin)
• 1931, Die Türme über der Stadt (Halle), (Museum Ludwig, Köln)
• 1936, Gelmeroda XIII, ( Metropolitan Museum of Art, George A. Hearn )