ANDREAS FEININGER BIOGRAPHY
Andreas Feininger
American (b. France, 1906 – 1999)
Selected Exhibitions:
2007 Andreas Feininger: Stockholm 1933-39; Scandinavia House, New York, NY
Modernist Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada; National
Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Onatario Canada
Andreas Feininger’s New York, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
2006 Andreas Feininger: 1906 – 1999; Galerie Hoffman, Munich, Germany
20/30 Vision: An Anniversary Celebration; Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
2005 57 on 57th Street; Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC
André Raffray: Brooklyn Bridge; Achim Moeller Fine Art, NYC
2004 Cityscapes; Gallery Hoffman, Munich, Germany
Visions of America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art;
University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
Visions of America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art;
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus , OH
2003 New York: Capital of Photography; Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
New York: Capital of Photography; Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Andreas Feininger: Vintage Prints; Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC
Celebrating Central park: 100 Years, Hirschl & Adler galleries, NYC
Andreas Feininger, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center,
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Structures in Nature: The Photographs of Andreas Feininger,
University of Richmond Art Galleries, Richmond, VA
2002 Photographs We Know: Iconic Images; Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Let’s Have Lunch; COPIA Center For Wine, Food & the Arts, Napa ,CA
New York: Capital of Photography; The Jewish Museum, NYC
2001 Visions of America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art;
Whitney Museum of Art, NYC
Andreas Feininger: Hamburger Impressionen ; am Anfang der dreissiger Jahre
2000 Bright Lights, Big City, Winston Wachter Mayer Fine Art, NYC
One Man’s Eye: The Alan Siegel Collection,; Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art,
Cornell University, Ithaca , NY
American Photographs1900/2000; James Danziger Gallery, NYC
Andreas Feininger:Photojournalist – Warm, Intimate, Sensitive; Gallery M, Denver, CO
1999 Bright Lights, Big City, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
1998 Urban, Structure and Form; SoHo Triad Fine Arts, NYC
Andreas Feininger; Institute für Kulturaustausch, Tübinger, Germany
Fifty from the Fifties: Galerie Uterman, Dortmund, Germany
1997 Brooklyn New York ; Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC
L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Andreas Feininger: Early European Work: 1930’s Europe ; Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC
1995 Andreas Feininger: In His 89th Year; Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC
Let’s Go To The Movies; Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC
1994 Five on New York: Bonni Benrubi Gakkery, NYC
1985 Daniel Wolf Gallery, New York
1982 Daniel Wolf Gallery, New York
1981 Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona
1980 Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
1978 New York in the Forties; New York Historical Society, New York.
1976 Andreas Feininger: A Retrospective ; International Center of Photography, New York.
1972 The American Museum of Natural History, New York, Shells
1972 Neikrug Gallery, New York
1970 The Oakland Museum, California
1968 The Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York
1967 Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
1965 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1965 New York in Farbe ; Deutsche Gesellshaft fur Photographie,
1963 Landesbildstelle, Hamburg
1963 The World Through My Eyes (retrospective) Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC,
1961 Carl Siembab Gallery, Boston
1961 Heinz Held Gallery, Koln, Germany
1957 The Anatomy of Nature, (traveling exhibition) ; The American Museum of National History, New York,
Collections:
Andreas Feininger's personal archive is on deposit at the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona. All negatives and prints made by Feininger for Life when he was a staff photographer belong to Time Inc. The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC has a complete set of prints from Feininger's 1963 retrospective exhibition, and the International Center of Photography, New York, has a complete set of the 1976 retrospective exhibition. The Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg has a set of prints of old Hamburg, and the New York Historical Society has a full set of prints from Feininger's book New York in the Forties. In addition, there are Feininger prints in the following
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Whitney Museum of American Art
The University of Richmond Museum, Richmond, VA
The Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
The Jewish Museum, New York, NYC
The St Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
The New York Historical Society, NYC
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
University of Richmond Art Galleries, Richmond, VA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
The Victoria and Albert Museum of Art, London, England
The Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe , Hamburg, Germany
The Museum of the City of New York, NYC
The International Center for Photography, NYC
L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum Folkwang, Essen, West Germany
The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
The Wellesley College Museum, Wellesly, Ma
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
City Library, Springfield, MA.
The Hallmark Collection, Kansas City, MO
Siegel & gale Collection, NYC
Henry Buhl Collection, NYC
Selected Bibliography:
“Feininger’s Functional Elegance”; Arts+Letters; The New York Sun, )ctober 18, 2007
“City in Black and White: Photographer Andreas Feininger”; Arts,+
The New York Sun, September 12, 2006
Picture Perfect; Edited by Stephanie Hoppen, Jaqui Small Editions, England ,2004
Structures of Nature: Andreas Feininger; University of Richmond Museums, Oxford
University Press, 2000
New York: Capital of Photography; Max Kozloff,Yale University Press, 2002
One Man’s Eye: Aan Siegel Collection,, Harry N Abrams Publishers, 2000
American Photographs 1900/2000, Assouline press, 2000
Jewish New York: A guide to 350 Years of Old Community, Ira Wolfman,
Rizzoli Press, 2003
Advanced Photography, Andreas Feininger, New York: Prentice Hall, 1952
The Anatomy of Nature, Andreas Feininger, New York: Crown Publishers, 1956
Reprint. New York: Dover Publications, 1979
Andreas Feininger, with text by Ralph Hattersley. Dobbs Ferry: Morgan & Morgan, 1973
Aufnahme-Technik Andreas Feininger, . Harzburg: Heering Verlag, 1936
Basic Color Photography, Andreas Feininger , New York: Prentice-Hall, 1969
The Complete Photographer., Andreas Feininger New York: Prentice-Hall, 1965
Revised edition 1978
The Creative Photographer. Andreas Feininger , New York: Prentice-Hall, 1955
Revised Edition 1975
Darkroom Techniques. 2 vols. New York: Amphoto, 1974
Entwickeln, Kopieren, Vergrossern. Harzburg: , Andreas Feininger ,
Heering Verlag, 1936
Exakta - Ein Weg zu Foto-Neuland. Halle: Dr. Gerhard Isert Verlag, 1939
Experimental Work Andreas Feininger, . New York: Amphoto, 1978
Andreas Feininger , The Face of New York, with text by Susan E. Lyman.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1954
Feininger on Photography. New York: Ziff-Davis, 1949.
Reprint, New York: Crown Publishers, 1953
Feininger's Chicago. New York: Dover Publications, 1980
Feininger's Hamburg. Dusseldorf: Econ Verlag, 1980
Forms of Nature and Life. New York: The Viking Press, 1966
Fotofrafische Gestaltung. Harzburg: Heering Verlag, 1937
Andreas Feininger , Industrail America, New York: Dover Publications, 1981
Andreas Feininger , Leaves. New York: Dover Publications, 1984
Andreas Feininger , Light & Lighting in Photography. New York: Amphoto, 1976
Lyonel Feininger: City at the Edge of the World, with text by T. Lux
Feininger. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1965
Maids, Madonnas & Witches, text: Henry Miller & J. Bon. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1961
Man and Stone, New York: Crown Publishers, 1961
Reissued as Stone and Man, New York: Dover Publications, 1979
Menschen vor der Kamera, Andreas Feininger, . Harzburg: Heering Verlag, 1934
Andreas Feininger , Motive im Gegenlicht. Harzburg: Heering Verlag, 1939
American (b. France, 1906 – 1999)
Selected Exhibitions:
2007 Andreas Feininger: Stockholm 1933-39; Scandinavia House, New York, NY
Modernist Photographs from the National Gallery of Canada; National
Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Onatario Canada
Andreas Feininger’s New York, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
2006 Andreas Feininger: 1906 – 1999; Galerie Hoffman, Munich, Germany
20/30 Vision: An Anniversary Celebration; Bonni Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
2005 57 on 57th Street; Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC
André Raffray: Brooklyn Bridge; Achim Moeller Fine Art, NYC
2004 Cityscapes; Gallery Hoffman, Munich, Germany
Visions of America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art;
University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
Visions of America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art;
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus , OH
2003 New York: Capital of Photography; Madison Art Center, Madison, WI
New York: Capital of Photography; Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Andreas Feininger: Vintage Prints; Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC
Celebrating Central park: 100 Years, Hirschl & Adler galleries, NYC
Andreas Feininger, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center,
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Structures in Nature: The Photographs of Andreas Feininger,
University of Richmond Art Galleries, Richmond, VA
2002 Photographs We Know: Iconic Images; Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Let’s Have Lunch; COPIA Center For Wine, Food & the Arts, Napa ,CA
New York: Capital of Photography; The Jewish Museum, NYC
2001 Visions of America: Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art;
Whitney Museum of Art, NYC
Andreas Feininger: Hamburger Impressionen ; am Anfang der dreissiger Jahre
2000 Bright Lights, Big City, Winston Wachter Mayer Fine Art, NYC
One Man’s Eye: The Alan Siegel Collection,; Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art,
Cornell University, Ithaca , NY
American Photographs1900/2000; James Danziger Gallery, NYC
Andreas Feininger:Photojournalist – Warm, Intimate, Sensitive; Gallery M, Denver, CO
1999 Bright Lights, Big City, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
1998 Urban, Structure and Form; SoHo Triad Fine Arts, NYC
Andreas Feininger; Institute für Kulturaustausch, Tübinger, Germany
Fifty from the Fifties: Galerie Uterman, Dortmund, Germany
1997 Brooklyn New York ; Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC
L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Andreas Feininger: Early European Work: 1930’s Europe ; Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC
1995 Andreas Feininger: In His 89th Year; Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC
Let’s Go To The Movies; Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC
1994 Five on New York: Bonni Benrubi Gakkery, NYC
1985 Daniel Wolf Gallery, New York
1982 Daniel Wolf Gallery, New York
1981 Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona
1980 Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
1978 New York in the Forties; New York Historical Society, New York.
1976 Andreas Feininger: A Retrospective ; International Center of Photography, New York.
1972 The American Museum of Natural History, New York, Shells
1972 Neikrug Gallery, New York
1970 The Oakland Museum, California
1968 The Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York
1967 Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut
1965 Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1965 New York in Farbe ; Deutsche Gesellshaft fur Photographie,
1963 Landesbildstelle, Hamburg
1963 The World Through My Eyes (retrospective) Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC,
1961 Carl Siembab Gallery, Boston
1961 Heinz Held Gallery, Koln, Germany
1957 The Anatomy of Nature, (traveling exhibition) ; The American Museum of National History, New York,
Collections:
Andreas Feininger's personal archive is on deposit at the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona. All negatives and prints made by Feininger for Life when he was a staff photographer belong to Time Inc. The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC has a complete set of prints from Feininger's 1963 retrospective exhibition, and the International Center of Photography, New York, has a complete set of the 1976 retrospective exhibition. The Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg has a set of prints of old Hamburg, and the New York Historical Society has a full set of prints from Feininger's book New York in the Forties. In addition, there are Feininger prints in the following
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
The Whitney Museum of American Art
The University of Richmond Museum, Richmond, VA
The Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
The Jewish Museum, New York, NYC
The St Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO
The New York Historical Society, NYC
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
University of Richmond Art Galleries, Richmond, VA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
The Victoria and Albert Museum of Art, London, England
The Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe , Hamburg, Germany
The Museum of the City of New York, NYC
The International Center for Photography, NYC
L.A. County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum Folkwang, Essen, West Germany
The Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
The Wellesley College Museum, Wellesly, Ma
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
City Library, Springfield, MA.
The Hallmark Collection, Kansas City, MO
Siegel & gale Collection, NYC
Henry Buhl Collection, NYC
Selected Bibliography:
“Feininger’s Functional Elegance”; Arts+Letters; The New York Sun, )ctober 18, 2007
“City in Black and White: Photographer Andreas Feininger”; Arts,+
The New York Sun, September 12, 2006
Picture Perfect; Edited by Stephanie Hoppen, Jaqui Small Editions, England ,2004
Structures of Nature: Andreas Feininger; University of Richmond Museums, Oxford
University Press, 2000
New York: Capital of Photography; Max Kozloff,Yale University Press, 2002
One Man’s Eye: Aan Siegel Collection,, Harry N Abrams Publishers, 2000
American Photographs 1900/2000, Assouline press, 2000
Jewish New York: A guide to 350 Years of Old Community, Ira Wolfman,
Rizzoli Press, 2003
Advanced Photography, Andreas Feininger, New York: Prentice Hall, 1952
The Anatomy of Nature, Andreas Feininger, New York: Crown Publishers, 1956
Reprint. New York: Dover Publications, 1979
Andreas Feininger, with text by Ralph Hattersley. Dobbs Ferry: Morgan & Morgan, 1973
Aufnahme-Technik Andreas Feininger, . Harzburg: Heering Verlag, 1936
Basic Color Photography, Andreas Feininger , New York: Prentice-Hall, 1969
The Complete Photographer., Andreas Feininger New York: Prentice-Hall, 1965
Revised edition 1978
The Creative Photographer. Andreas Feininger , New York: Prentice-Hall, 1955
Revised Edition 1975
Darkroom Techniques. 2 vols. New York: Amphoto, 1974
Entwickeln, Kopieren, Vergrossern. Harzburg: , Andreas Feininger ,
Heering Verlag, 1936
Exakta - Ein Weg zu Foto-Neuland. Halle: Dr. Gerhard Isert Verlag, 1939
Experimental Work Andreas Feininger, . New York: Amphoto, 1978
Andreas Feininger , The Face of New York, with text by Susan E. Lyman.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1954
Feininger on Photography. New York: Ziff-Davis, 1949.
Reprint, New York: Crown Publishers, 1953
Feininger's Chicago. New York: Dover Publications, 1980
Feininger's Hamburg. Dusseldorf: Econ Verlag, 1980
Forms of Nature and Life. New York: The Viking Press, 1966
Fotofrafische Gestaltung. Harzburg: Heering Verlag, 1937
Andreas Feininger , Industrail America, New York: Dover Publications, 1981
Andreas Feininger , Leaves. New York: Dover Publications, 1984
Andreas Feininger , Light & Lighting in Photography. New York: Amphoto, 1976
Lyonel Feininger: City at the Edge of the World, with text by T. Lux
Feininger. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1965
Maids, Madonnas & Witches, text: Henry Miller & J. Bon. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1961
Man and Stone, New York: Crown Publishers, 1961
Reissued as Stone and Man, New York: Dover Publications, 1979
Menschen vor der Kamera, Andreas Feininger, . Harzburg: Heering Verlag, 1934
Andreas Feininger , Motive im Gegenlicht. Harzburg: Heering Verlag, 1939
