Artist
Fernand Léger
French, 1881–1955
Fernand Léger was a French Cubism Synthetic painter. 89 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art, most of them oil paintings. Fernand Léger was born in Argentan.
Joseph Fernand Henri Léger was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style. His boldly simplified treatment of modern subject matter has caused him to be regarded as a forerunner of pop art.
Works by Fernand Léger
Collections represented
Moments involving Fernand Léger
- The 1912 Salon des Independants Opens · 1912 The show consolidated Cubism as an international avant-garde force rather than a local Parisian provocation.
- Arts Club of Chicago Established · 1916 The club helped make Chicago a crucial American staging ground for modernist and avant-garde art.
- Guggenheim Collection Debuts at Gibbes Gallery · 1936 The exhibition helped move Guggenheim's avant-garde holdings from private patronage toward a public museum mission.
- Salon des Independants returns at the Grand Palais · 1920 It helped reset postwar Paris as a battleground for Cubism, Dada, and the public avant-garde.
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