Yellow Street II 1918

Lyonel Feininger made this painting, Yellow Street II, with oil on canvas, and it's full of angular geometries. I love how the warm, bright yellows and oranges push against the cool blues, creating this vibrant, yet slightly unsettling, space. Looking closely, the surface is smooth, but the brushstrokes are clearly visible, and the artist is not afraid to let the layers show, revealing the process of its construction. It's almost like looking at a stained glass window, or a fractured memory. The figures are strangely anonymous; they’re just shapes moving through the scene. Their faces, or lack thereof, are quite unsettling. Feininger’s work reminds me a bit of early Kandinsky, this urge to abstract everyday life into something more emotional and less literal. It's not about perfect representation but about capturing the mood and the feeling of being in a particular place. Art is a conversation, and Feininger brings his unique voice to it, embracing the beauty of imperfection and ambiguity.