BALLET MÉCANIQUE [1924, FERNAND LÉGER]
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Fernand Léger
Head of a Woman (Tête de femme), 1948
Ink on paper wth traces of gouache
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by Fernand Léger
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French painter Fernand Léger was born on this day in 1881. In his early works, Léger used a personal form of cubism (derisively dubbed “tubism” by art critic Louis Vauxcelles), in which he emphasized cylindrical shapes such as the ones you see in this 1919 painting of a cityscape. This boldly simplified treatment of modern subject matter has led many to regard Fernand Léger as a forerunner of the pop art movement. See this painting on view in our modern art galleries.
“The City” 1919, by Fernand Léger © Fernand Léger / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Parishttp://ow.ly/VWxQ30s9yhA
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Collaboration with Fernand Léger
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Franciska Clausen (Jan. 7, 1899 - 1986) was a Danish artist who was internationally recognized in the 1920s and 30s as part of the avant-garde movements of the time, including Cubism, Constructivism and Surrealism.
She had studied with László Moholy-Nagy and Fernand Léger and exhibited widely in Berlin, Paris, and New York. From 1933 she taught at the Drawing and applied arts school for women in Copenhagen and slowly withdrew from the Modernist art scene. Instead she went into portrait painting and made a living off that...
Above: Skruen, 1926-28 - oil and guache on cardboard (SMK)
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artwork by fernand léger
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portrait of henri martin, fernand léger
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Fernand Léger - Composition, 1947, gouache, watercolor and brush and black ink over pencil on paper, 23 x 30.6 cm
Christie’s
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Fernand Léger, February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955.
1954 photo by Robert Doisneau.
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Fernand Léger (French, 1881-1955), Une vache et un chapeau rouge [A Cow and a Red Hat], 1952. Oil on canvas, 73.7 x 92 cm.
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Gudmundur Erró — Freedom, Peace, Solidarity (acrylic on canvas, 1985)
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Le vase noir
Fernand Léger
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by Fernand Léger
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Fernand Léger (French, 1881-1955)
Composition in Blue
1921-27
The Art Institute of Chicago
Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection
© 2014 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris
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Fernand Léger (French, 1881-1955), Femme portant une statuette, 1925. Oil on canvas, 64.6 x 50.2 cm
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