Fred Werner collection of Lyonel Feininger sketches
name: label: Creator
content: Werner, Fred
label: Names
content: Feininger, Lyonel, 1871-1956
topic: label: Occupation
content: Cartoonists -- Germany
label: Occupation
content: Graphic artists -- United States
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Germany
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Germany
label: Topic
content: Expressionism (Art)
label: Topic
content: Graphic arts -- Germany
label: Topic
content: Graphic arts -- United States
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- Germany
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
label: Topic
content: Caricatures and cartoons
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Lent for microfilming 1959 by Feininger's friend, Fred Werner, via art historian Ernst Scheyer, who used the material in his biography of Feininger.
creator: label: Creator
content: Werner, Fred
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Feininger: painter, printmaker, cartoonist; New York, N.Y. and Berlin, Germany. Was active in the movement known as German Expressionism. Born in the United States and moved to Germany. Was known as one of the masters of the Bauhaus.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (partial microfilm reel)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1889-1890
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wernfred
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reels D5 (9 unnumbered frames between 827 and 828) available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to the lender, Fred Werner.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Eight sketches by Feininger for "A Ship of 49" and "Dante's Inferno." Also filmed is a letter from Werner to Dr. Ernst Scheyer discussing the sketches. This letter and another from Werner to Scheyer are in the Ernst Scheyer papers.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Lyonel Feininger papers also located at: Busch-Reisinger Museum of Germanic Culture, Harvard Universtiy, Cambridge, Mass.