In 1920 he provided illustrations and cover art for a volume of stories by Erwin von Busse that courts in Berlin and Leipzig banned.
In 1914 he designed the cover of Kurt Pinthus' Das Kinobuch, and in the same year exhibited at the Bugra in Leipzig. From 1912 Kainer's illustrations were also featured in magazines such as Der Sturm, Styl, Kleiderkasten and Die Dame. for events with the grotesque dancer Valeska Gert, but also for book advertisements). He now worked primarily as a graphic artist, designing and drawing posters (e.g. Work as an artist īack in Germany, Kainer settled in Berlin in 1910. Margaret's father, Norbert Levy, a wealthy metals dealer, set up a foundation to benefit Margaret shortly before his death in 1927. He entered into contact with the Ballets Russes around Sergei Djagilew and Vaslav Nijinsky and contributed to the satirical newspaper Simplicissimus (a total of 205 illustrations by 1930), He met his first wife, the Austrian painter and draftswoman Lene Schneider (1885-1971), during his first stay in Paris (1909/10).Īfter divorcing in 1924, Kainer married Margaret née Levy (born 26 January 1894 in Berlin, died 1968 in Paris).
During a stay in Paris in 1909, Kainer discovered the Impressionists ( Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse and Auguste Renoir), and taught himself the basics of this art. He studied medicine before turning to art.
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