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T. Lux Feininger

1910-06-11 – 2011-07-07

Life & Legacy

Theodore Lukas (alias T. Lux) Feininger (June 11, 1910 – July 7, 2011) was a German-American painter, avant-garde photographer, author, and art teacher. Born in Berlin to Julia (née Lilienfeld) and Lyonel Feininger, an American living in Germany from the age of sixteen, his father was appointed as the Master of the Printing Workingshop at the newly formed Bauhaus art school in Weimar by Walter Gropius in 1919. He had two older full brothers, namely Andreas Feininger, and Laurence Feininger, as well as two half sisters, even older, including Lore Feininger, by Clara Fürst and his father (from his first marriage).

Occupation & Career

photographer, author, painter, writer, teacher, artist

Education

Bauhaus

Legacy Highlights

Employer

Harvard University

Education & Institutions

Bauhaus

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Family & Relationships

Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q216570 — wikidata View source

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