Red Tower II — Lyonel Feininger

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Artist: Lyonel Feininger
Date: 1930
Location: Kunstmuseum Mülheim an der Ruhr

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THE ARTIST

Lyonel Feininger

Expressionist painter who captured crystalline cityscapes from both sides of the Atlantic.

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