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Fernand Leger (France) 1881- |  ARTIST PROFILE
French painter, who influenced cubism, constructivism, and the modern commercial poster and other types of applied art. Born in Argentan, France, he served a two-year architecture apprenticeship in Caen, France, and later studied unofficially under two professors at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts in Paris,
France. Beginning in 1910 he was a prominent exhibitor and member of the Salon des Ind?pendants. Most of his early pictures were cubist in character, as in Nudes in the Forest (1909-1910, Krfller-M?ller Museum, Otterlo, Netherlands). Along with his compatriot Georges Braque and the Spanish painter
Pablo Picasso, L?ger played an important role in the development and spread of cubism.
L?ger's subsequent work was influenced by his experiences in World War I (1914-1918). He began to use many symbols from the industrial world and attempted to depict his objects and people in machinelike forms.
The City (1919 Philadelphia Museum of Art) is one of his most notable paintings. L?ger's work had an important influence on the movements of neoplasticism in the Netherlands and constructivism in the Soviet Union. He made highly successful efforts as a glass painter, as a sculptor, and in creating
mosaics, ceramics, and tapestries. The modern commercial poster and other types of applied art were also influenced by his original designs (see Posters).
In his late paintings, L?ger separated color from his figures, which, while they retained their robotlike shapes, were painted in black lines.
The color was then boldly laid over areas of the canvas to form a separate composition that tied the entire painting together. The Great Parade (1954, Guggenheim Museum, New York City), one of his last paintings, is a monumental example of this original style.
"Leger, Fernand," Microsoft®
Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
http://encarta.msn.com © 1997-2001 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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 | | Title: | Nudes in the Forest | | Medium: | 1911, dimensions 120?170cm, Oil on canvas | | Exhibited at: | Kroller-Muller Museum | |
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 | | Title: | The Card Players | | Medium: | 1917, dimensions 129?193cm, Oil on canvas | | Exhibited at: | Kroller-Muller Museum | |
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