Artist: Fernand Leger (1881 - 1955)
Nationality: French
Movement: Cubism
Media: Painting
Influences:

Biography:
Originally an architecture student, Fernand Léger converted to the study of painting while attending the Academie Julien in Paris in 1903. Although he was influenced by Picasso and Braque’s Cubist theories, he developed his own ideas that he deemed “the aesthetic of the machine.” After World War I, Léger turned to theatre, designing costumes and sets for the Swedish Ballet. It was around this time when he also worked on Le Ballet Mechanique, an abstract film collaboration with artist, Man Ray. Léger moved to the United States during World War II, where he taught at Yale and painted murals for the UN building in New York City. He returned to France at the end of his life to create

Artworks in Museum Collections: (60)
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Fernand Léger Title: Table and Fruit Date: 1909 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: H.33
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Fernand Léger Title: Le Petit Déjeuner Date: 1919 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: H.27-3/16
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Fernand Léger and Tériade Title: Cirque: Lithographies originales Date: 1950 Medium: book with lithographs
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: Fernand Leger Title: Composition with Two Men with Pipes Date: 1920 Medium: India ink
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Portrait Head (Fernand Leger), Isamu Noguchi (United States, California, Los Angeles, 1904 - 1988) , 1941, Plaster, painted
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Fernand Leger - The Mirror 1925 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art French
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Fernand Leger - Untitled 1920 oil on canvas Kimbell Art Museum French
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Fernand Leger - The City 1919 oil on canvas Philadelphia Museum of Art French
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Fernand Leger - The Aviator 1920 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Fernand Leger - The Divers 1941-42 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art French
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Fernand Leger - Three Women 1921 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art French
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Fernand Leger - Propellers 1918 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art French
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Fernand Leger - The Baluster 1925 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art French
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Fernand Leger - Two Women 1922 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot - Souvenir des environs de Boissy-Saint-Leger (Memory of the Countryside near Boissy-Saint-Leger) c. 1872 oil on canvas Utah Museum of Fine Arts French
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Fernand Leger - Footed Goblet 1924 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester French
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Fernand Leger - Study for Three Portraits 1910-1911 oil on canvas Milwaukee Art Museum French
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Fernand Leger - Woman with a Cactus 1952 gouache Arkansas Arts Center French
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Fernand Leger - Study for the Divers c. 1941 pencil Arkansas Arts Center French
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Fernand Leger - Le Petit Dejeuner c. 1921 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts French
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Fernand Leger - Table and Fruit 1909 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts French
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Fernand Leger - Lovers in the Street 1945 Lithograph Arkansas Arts Center French
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Fernand Leger - Umbrella and Bowler 1926 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art French
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Fernand Leger - Mural Painting 1924 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art French
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Fernand Leger - Le Blesse (The Wounded) 1917 oil on canvas Portland Museum of Art French
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Fernand Leger - Girl with Plant 1954 oil on canvas The Detroit Institute of Art French
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Fernand Leger - Contrast of Forms 1913 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art French
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Woman with a Cat, 1921 Fernand Léger (French, 1881-1955)Oil on canvas; H. 51-3/8, W. 35-1/4
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Fernand Leger - Exit the Ballets Russes 1914 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art French
Museum of Fine Arts -
© 2001 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ ADAGP, Paris ; Ferdinand (Fernand) Léger, French,
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Auguste Raffet Logement des Tirailleus du 19ieme Leger Lithograph 1832
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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva Serigraphic #1 Screenprint 1959
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Fernand Cormon, Caïn, musée du Luxembourg Paris (titre inscrit) (4e quart 19e siècle ; 1ère moitié 20e siècle) by CORMON Fernand (?)
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JARDIN D'OCRE LEGER (1970) by DEBRE Olivier
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Maria Helena Vieira da Silva Untitled (angular design) Screenprint 20th century
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ENVIRONS DE PUGET-THENIERS - SAINT-LEGER - VUE GENERALE ET LES HOTELS by anonyme (photographe)
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Fernand LÈger Portrait of Nadia graphite 19th - 20th century
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25 SOISSONS - LA RUE DE LA CONGREGATION ET TOUR DE L'EGLISE ST-LEGER (1903 entre ; 1920 et) by LL ; LEVY Fils & Cie (imprimeur)
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Fernand LÈger Abstraction with woman Lithograph 19th - 20th century
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Fernand LÈger Portfolio cover for eight lithographs 19th - 20th century
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807. ENVIRONS DE PUGET-THENIERS (A.-M.) - LE VILLAGE DE LA GROIX, LE PONT ET LA ROUTE DE ST-LEGER - FL by LAUGIER Frédéric (éditeur) ; THOMEL (papetier)
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64 ANCIENNE ABBAYE DE ST-LEGER, SALLE CAPITULAIRE (1903 entre ; 1920 et) by ND PHOT (photographe) ; NEURDEIN & Cie (imprimeur)
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Portrait de Fernand Ochsé, à mi-corps (1898 en) by BRESLAU Louise Catherine
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Fernand LÈger J'Ai Seul la Clef de Cette Parade Lithograph 19th - 20th century
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Fernand LÈger J'Ai Seul la Clef de Cette Parade Lithograph 19th - 20th century
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Fernand LÈger J'Ai Seul la Clef de Cette Parade Lithograph 19th - 20th century
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Fernand LÈger J'Ai Seul la Clef de Cette Parade Lithograph 19th - 20th century
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Ferdinand Leger - The Compass 1926 Oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago French
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Fernand LÈger J'Ai Seul la Clef de Cette Parade Lithograph with pochoir 19th - 20th century
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Fernand LÈger J'Ai Seul la Clef de Cette Parade Lithograph with pochoir 19th - 20th century
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Fernand LÈger J'Ai Seul la Clef de Cette Parade Lithograph with pochoir 19th - 20th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Hagar and Ishmael Barent Fabritius (Dutch, 1624-1673)Oil on wood; 19 1/2 x 14 in. (49.5
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LE DUC D'AUMALE EN CHEF DE BATAILLON DU XVIIEME LEGER (1840 vers) by WINTERHALTER Franz Xaver
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VUE DE MOUSTIERS (1944 avant) by GUEY Fernand Léon Lucien
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Composition, Fernand Léger (France, Argentan, 1881 - 1955) , 1925, Oil on canvas
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La mer (1924) by LEGOUT-GERARD Fernand
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The Disks, Fernand Léger (France, Argentan, 1881 - 1955) , 1918-1919, Oil on canvas
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Composition aux Sujets, Fernand Léger (France, Argentan, 1881 - 1955) , 1930, Oil on canvas
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Femme devant la fenêtre, Fernand Léger (France, Argentan, 1881 - 1955) , 1923, Oil on canvas
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Homme nu, portant un bâton sur l'épaule, marchant by CORMON Fernand

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