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Gelmeroda, VIII

1921

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Lyonel Feininger, Gelmeroda, VIII, 1921. Oil on canvas, 39 1/4 × 31 1/4 in. (99.7 × 79.4 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase 53.38

The Gelmeroda church was one of Lyonel Feininger’s favorite subjects. It was in the small German village of Gelmeroda, close to the city of Weimar. Feininger made a series of paintings of the church between 1913 and 1936. Although he worked in a contemporary style, Feininger looked to the past for inspiration: Gelmeroda was a Gothic church that had been built in the 1300s.

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Paper, colored pencils, or paint and brushes

The church of Gelmeroda was one of Lyonel Feininger’s favorite places to paint. Think about your favorite place. What do you like about this place?
Feininger fragmented, or broke up, the forms of the church into geometric shapes. He uses small triangles to make the people, and rectangles to make the sky. How might you represent your favorite place with geometric forms?
With your pencil and paper, draw your favorite place, using geometric shapes, line, and color. If you want to paint instead, be sure to have water and something to clean up with, like paper towels, after you’re done.

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Lyonel Feininger Feininger’s page

Gelmeroda, VIII

1921

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