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Fernand
Leger (1881 - 1955)
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Leger studied at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs, Academie Julian and the
Louvre, later apprenticed with the academic painters Gerome and Ferrier
and at an architecture firm. He developed a style influenced by Cezanne
and the Cubist movement. During service in World War I, he became interested
in industrial products and machinery as inspiration for design.
Leger was considered a master of the relationship between form and color,
precision and imagination. He applied his artistic skill to designing
theater and cinema sets, murals, posters, mosaics, weaving, stained glass,
and ceramics.
He lived and worked in the United States during World War II with positions
in New York, Yale University and Mills College, CA. His work is regarded
as a precursor to Pop Art and
Neo-Realism. Book illustrations include "La Fin du Monde," 1919;
"Lunes en Papier," 1921 and "Cirque," 1950.
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