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Fernand Léger — VisualArtsDB

Fernand Léger

Argentan, France · b. 1881 — d. 1955

Painting & Sculpture Drawings & Prints Modernism Architecture & Design

Fernand Léger French, 1881-1955

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Born 1881 — Died 1955

1900s

The Two Birds

The Two Birds

Kneeling Nude

Bridge

Bird

Bird

1910s

Contrast of Forms

Seated Nude

Contrast of Forms

Exit the Ballets Russes

+33

1920s

The Red Table

The Red Table

Viaduct

Viaduct

Still Life on Round Table

Still Life on Round Table

Two Men

+41

1930s

The Accordionist

Les Objets à Réaction Poetique

Les Objets à Réaction Poetique

Fragment of a Nut

Composition

+11

1940s

Les saltimbanques

Les saltimbanques

Women and Birds

Women and Birds

Acrobats

Acrobats

The Divers

The Divers

+62

1950s

Plate (page 96) from Cirque (Circus)

Headpiece (page 24) from Cirque (Circus)

Double page plate (pages 84 and 85) from Cirque (Circus)

Plate (page 13) from Cirque (Circus)

+103

Works

275 artworks

Plate (page 53) from Du Cubisme (On Cubism)

, 1947

Marie, The Acrobat (Marie l'acrobate)

, 1948

The Acrobat and his Partner

The Acrobat and his Partner

, 1948

Composition

, 1948

Butterflies

Butterflies

, 1948

Butterflies (Les papillons)

, 1948

The Black Root

, 1948

Duplicate of Parade (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Parade (plate, page 111) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Variant of Phrases (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Variant of Bonne pensée du matin (Good Thoughts of Morning) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Triplicate of Est-elle aimée? (Is She Beloved?) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Variant of Vies (Lives) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

The King of Hearts

, 1949

Variant of Portrait of Rimbaud (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Variant of Matinée d'ivresse (Morning Drunkeness) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

H (plate, page 73) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Métropolitan (Metropolitan) (plate, page 103) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Est-elle aimée? (Is She Beloved?) (plate, page 45) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Face and Flower

Face and Flower

, 1949

Duplicate of Départ (Departure) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Duplicate of Fêtes de la faim (Feasts of Hunger) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

The King of Hearts

The King of Hearts

, 1949

Comédie de la soif (Comedy of Thirst) (plate, page 27) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

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