Tag: Léger

Princeton University Art Museum

Founded: 1882 Address: Elm Dr, Princeton, NJ 08544, United States Website: https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/ Collection: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See…

Trois Femmes et nature morte, Déjeuner (1920)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Trois Femmes et nature morte, Déjeuner (Three Women and Still Life) 1920 Oil on canvas, 74.3 × 92.08 cm Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas The monumental bodies of Three Women and Still Life (Déjeuner) are composed of…

Nus dans la forêt (1909-1911)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Nus dans la forêt (Nudes in the forest) 1909–1911 Oil on canvas, 120.5 × 170.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Distinctive cubist style Fernand Léger had trained as an architect, but soon switches to painting. He admires Paul…

La partie de cartes (1917)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) La partie de cartes (Soldiers Playing cards) 1917 Oil on canvas, 129.5 × 194.5 cm Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo Cylinder Fernand Léger begins working in a cubist style under the influence of Cézanne and later Picasso and Braque. However,…

Nature morte (1929)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Nature morte (Still Life) 1929 Oil on canvas, 65.1 × 50.2 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This work belongs to Léger‘s “objects in space” series of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Although overlapping forms…

Le cycliste (1951)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) Le cycliste (The Bicyclist) 1951 Oil on canvas, 130.8 x 97.8 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Straddling a bicycle, a sturdy woman stands still. One foot rests on the right pedal, the other on the…

La femme au chat (1921)

Léger, Fernand (1881-1955) La femme au chat (Woman with a Cat) 1921 Oil on canvas, 130.8 × 90.5 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Woman with a Cat belongs to a group of monumental female figures that Léger painted…