Lyonel Feininger Professions : Painter Born : July 17, 1871 Died : January 13, 1956 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Lyonel Feininger There is no foreground or background, only a continuity of interlacing relationships Lyonel Feininger continuity backgrounds life Each individual work serves as an expression of our most personal state of mind at that particular moment and of the inescapable, imperative need for release by means of an appropriate act of creation: in the rhythm, form, colour and mood of a picture. Lyonel Feininger expression mind mean The most beautiful landscape cannot hold my fascinated attention as much as nature by the seaside and all that is connected with water. Lyonel Feininger beautiful water art Where I used to strive for movement and restlessness I now attempt to sense and express the complete total calm of objects and the surrounding air. Lyonel Feininger calm movement air Similar Authors Barry McGee painter Brion Gysin painter Bridget Riley painter Boris Vallejo painter Allan Kaprow painter Augustus John painter All Authors