Lyonel Feininger Wooden Houses

"the Town at the End of the World by the Cubist architecture painter  and Bauhaus artist Lyonel Feininger. The Town at the End of the World is comprised of small houses, figurines and trains carved from wood. This toy set reflects a longing for small towns and villages with Medieval churches, which Feininger frequently addressed in his paintings as an opponent of cities."

"In 1913, Feininger began carving small toys — trains, boats, and figures — for his sons. This became a Christmas ritual that seized Feininger with excitement as the holiday neared: “… the time for my periodical craze for making toys for Christmas is approaching. Every year I get the urge to saw wood into bits and paint them in bright colours. The boys take it for granted that I shall make ‘mannequins’ for them.” The children loved these little carvings that were often presented as a scene or diorama."









They really remind me of Laura Carlins work for the Iron Man and her book A World of Your Own.