Here we present part three of our series focused on nature studies by Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956) from the collection of the distinguished art historian and museum director Alois J. Schardt (1889–1955), highlighting 14 particularly fine nature studies that Feininger made during a visit to Normandy in the summer of 1906.

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Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)

Ouville-la-Rivière (Normandy), 1906

Pencil on graph paper
7 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. (18.1 x 13.7 cm)
Inscribed and dated lower left: Ouville-la-Rivière Mon. Sep 17 06

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Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)

Longueil (Normandy), 1906

Pencil on graph paper
7 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. (19.1 x 12.1 cm)
Inscribed and dated lower right: Longueil Sat 8. Sep. 06

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Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)

Grange et clocher (Église Saint-Rémy, Dieppe), 1906

Pencil on paper
8 1/2 x 5 5/8 in. (21.6 x 14.3 cm)

Dated upper left: 12 IX 06

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Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)

Quiberville (Normandy), 1906

Pencil on graph paper
8 3/8 x 11 in. (21.3 x 29.9 cm)
Dated and inscribed upper right: Mont. d. 27. Aug. 06 Quiberville

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Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)

(Cliffs, Quiberville, Normandy), 1906

Pencil on graph paper
8 3/8 x 11 in. (21.3 x 29.9 cm)

Dated lower right: Tues. Aug. 28. 06

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Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)

Quiberville (Normandy), 1906

Pencil on graph paper
8 3/8 x 11 in. (21.3 x 29.9 cm)
Inscribed and dated lower right: Quiberville. Thurs. Aug. 30. 06

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Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)

(House, Normandy), 1906

Crayon and pencil on graph paper

5 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (13.7 x 21.9 cm)

Dated lower left: 25. VIII. 06

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Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)

(Cliffs in Quiberville, Normandy), 1906

Crayon and pencil on paper
8 5/8 x 5 5/16 in. (21.9 x 13.5 cm)
Dated upper center: 30 VIII

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Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)

(Cliffs with Faces, Quiberville, Normandy), 1906

Crayon and pencil on graph paper
8 5/8 x 5 3/8 in. (21.9 x 13.7 cm)
Dated lower right: Aug 30. 06

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Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)

(Haystacks, Quiberville, Normandy), 1906

Pencil on graph paper
5 5/16 x 8 5/8 in. (13.5 x 21.9 cm)

Signed lower right: Feininger 

Dated lower left: SAT SEP 8 06

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Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)

Quiberville (Haystacks, Normandy), 1906

Pencil on paper
5 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (13.7 x 21.9 cm)
Inscribed and dated lower right: Quiberville, Sonnt 9 Sep 06

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Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)

(Haystacks, Quiberville, Normandy), 1906

Pencil on paper
5 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (13.7 x 21.9 cm)

Dated lower left: Sun Sept 9 06

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Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)

(Beach Huts, Normandy), 1906

Pencil on paper
5 3/4 x 8 3/8 in. (14.6 x 21.3 cm)

Dated upper right: SEP 1 06

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Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956)

(Église Saint-Valéry in Quiberville, Normandy), 1906
Pencil on paper
11 x 8 5/16 in. (27.9 x 21.1 cm)

Dated lower center: Sep 5 06

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Julia Berg in Normandy, 1906 (detail)

Photo: Lyonel Feininger

JULIA ON NORMANDY

“And the sea is marvelous here….There are magnificently picturesque cliffs here and a beacon…in the evening when they light the fire it is, after all, quite beautiful.”

—Julia Berg to her parents, Jenny and Bernhard Lilienfeld, Quiberville, August 10, 1906

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