Timeline

1871

Born Léonell Charles Feininger in New York, NY, USA

1888

Attended the Königliche Akademie where he studied under painter Ernst Hancke, Berlin, Germany

1889

Worked as a caricaturist for the weekly magazine Humoristische Blätter, Berlin, Germany

1890

Attended the Jesuit-run College St. Servais in Liège, Belgium

1891

Returned to Berlin and enrolled at the art school of Karl Schlabitz, Berlin, Germany
Returned to the Königliche Akademie, Berlin, Germany

1892

Moved to Paris where he spends the next six months and visited the art school of the Italian sculptor Filippo Colarossi, Paris, France

1942

Received a Recipient: acquisition prize for Gelmeroda XIII at the Artists for Victory Exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum, New York, NY, USA

1945

Instructor Black Mountain College, Black Mountain, NC, USA

1947

Elected president of the Federation of American Painters and Sculptors

1955

Elected member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters

1956

Died in New York, NY, USA