Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) La fumée (Smoke) 1912 Oil on canvas, 92.07 x 73.02 cm Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo Smoke is one of several of Fernand Léger‘s studies combining puffs of smoke with a group of buildings. Although this painting is…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Fleurs (Flowers) 1926 Oil on canvas, 92.2 x 65.4 cm Rhode Island School of Design, Providence
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Deux femmes (Two Women) 1922 Oil on canvas, 90.8 x 58.4 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Fernand Léger originated a distinct cubist style in the twentieth century. In the early 1920s he both embraced and influenced the…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) L’aviateur (The Aviator) 1920 Oil on canvas, 65 x 92 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland The abstract, circular shapes in this painting suggest the movement of a whirling propeller and infuse the composition with dynamic energy. After…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Femme allongée (Reclining Woman) 1922 Oil on canvas, 64.5 × 92 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Fernand Léger first saw the work of the Cubists Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso at the Paris gallery of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler.…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Le pont (The Bridge) 1923 Oil on canvas, 92 x 60 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©VEGAP, Madrid Carmen Thyssen Collection Fernand Léger’s origins lie in Cubism. After World War I he became extremely interested in themes of modern…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Le remorqueur (The Tugboat) 1922 Gouache on paper, 23.8 x 31.4 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid The experience of warfare brought Léger face to face with a mechanised society and a world transformed by technology. On returning he abandoned…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Le disque (The Disc) 1918 Oil on canvas, 65 x 54 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid As with many other artists of his generation, being conscripted during the First World War not only had a profound effect on Fernand…
Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) L’escalier, deuxième état (The Staircase, Second State) 1914 Oil on canvas, 88 x 124.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid On 5 May 1913 Fernand Léger, one of the participants in “Salle 41” at the Salon des Indépendants of 1911,…
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