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Feininger House 1993
Photo: Heinz Ambrosus |
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Feininger House,
living room |
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Lyonel Feininger together with his wife, Julia, and their sons, Andreas,
Laurence and Theodor Lux, lived in the next half of the semi-detached
pair. He soon gave up his reservations concerning the architecture
when he realised how wonderful not only the cupboards were (built
in the Bauhaus following designs of Andreas Feininger) but also how
it allowed the placement of the 19th century furniture. Feininger's
sons each occupied one of the two first floor rooms and possibly one
of the rooms beneath. Laurence later became a composer and music historian.
Andreas, the eldest son, studied in the Bauhaus in Weimar and in 1927
took up architectural studies in Zerbst. Theodor Lux began his studies
at the Bauhaus in the year they moved in. He was, inter alia, a member
of the stage workshop and the Bauhaus band. Fascinated by the photographic
experiments of his neighbour Moholy-Nagy he took up photography in
1927. Apparently Theodor Lux's photographic interest spilled over
to his brother Andreas who started on a photographic career. Theodor
Lux turned his talents to painting in 1929. Like in Feininger's atelier,
within a few years first class works of painting and graphics appeared
from the other Masters' Houses too.
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