Fernand Léger facts for kids

Fernand Léger
Fernand Léger
	Fernand Léger photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1936
Born	February 4, 1881; Argentan, Orne, France
Died	August 17, 1955 (aged 74); Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Nationality	French
Field	Painting, printmaking and filmmaking
Movement	Tubism; Cubism; Modernism

Fernand Léger (Joseph Fernand Henri Léger, 4 February 1881 – 17 August 1955) was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism which he gradually changed into a more popular figurative style. His boldly simplified treatment of modern subject matter made him a forerunner of pop art.

His personal style was called "tubism" because it was influenced by cubism, but used tube-like forms.

Images for kids

Fernand Léger, 1916, Soldier with a pipe (Le Soldat à la Pipe), oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dùsseldorf
Still Life with a Beer Mug, 1921, oil on canvas, Tate, London
Stained-glass window at the Central University of Venezuela, 1954
Le compotier (Table and Fruit), 1910–11, oil on canvas, 82.2 x 97.8 cm, Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Reproduced in Du "Cubisme", 1912
Les Toits de Paris (Roofs in Paris, 1911, oil on canvas, private collection. Reproduced in Du "Cubisme", 1912
Paysage (Landscape), 1912–13, oil on canvas, 92 x 81 cm
Contrast of Forms (Contraste de formes), 1913. Published in Der Sturm, 5 September 1920
Nature morte (Still life), 1914
Dans L'Usine, 1918, oil on canvas, 56 x 38 cm
The City (La ville), 1919, oil on canvas, 231.1 x 298.4 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Railway Crossing, 1919, oil on canvas, 54.1 x 65.7 cm, Art Institute of Chicago
Grand parade with red background, 1958 (designed in 1953), mosaic, National Gallery of Victoria