Untitled
1907
watercolor
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
1907
watercolor
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1907 watercolor by Lyonel Feininger, depicting windmill, held at Museum of Modern Art.
You see sharp black lines and patches of soft blue, pink, and yellow—like a village breaking into jagged puzzle pieces. Feininger drew this before he ever painted. The ink lines feel like quick sketches, but the colors sit in flat shapes, almost like stained glass. It’s as if he’s testing how far he can stretch a scene before it stops looking real. Look up the technique of watercolor next—how it lets colors bleed and glow.
