Fernand Léger facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Fernand Léger
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![]() Fernand Léger photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1936
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Died | August 17, 1955 |
(aged 74)
Nationality | French |
Known for | 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
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Still Life with a Beer Mug, 1921, oil on canvas, Tate, London
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Stained-glass window at the Central University of Venezuela, 1954
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Le compotier (Table and Fruit), 1910–11, oil on canvas, 82.2 × 97.8 cm, Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Reproduced in Du "Cubisme", 1912
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Étude pour trois portraits (Study for Three Portraits), 1911, oil on canvas, 194.9 × 116.5 cm, Milwaukee Art Museum
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Paysage No. 1 (Le Village dans la forêt), 1914, oil on burlap, 74 x 93 cm, Albright-Knox Art Gallery
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The Railway Crossing, 1919, oil on canvas, 54.1 × 65.7 cm, Art Institute of Chicago
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Grand parade with red background, 1958 (designed in 1953), mosaic, National Gallery of Victoria