The article profiles Lyonel Feininger, a 19th century visual artist and musician. He was born in 1871 in New York City to parents who were both professional musicians, and lived in Germany at the age of 16 and enrolled in the School of Arts and Crafts in Hamburg. Also discussed are his starting to paint in 1906, became a founding member of the Bauhaus as one of the instructors of printmaking workshop and creating the painting "The Lady in Mauve."