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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

Variant of Ville I (Cities I) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Matinée d'ivresse (Morning Drunkeness) (plate, page 67) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Folio 15 from Poésie de mots inconnus (Poetry of Unknown Words)

, 1949

Départ (Departure) (plate, page 119) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Patience—Bannières de Mai (Patience—Banners of May) (plate, page 37) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Variant of Après le déluge (After the Flood) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Variant of Patience—Bannières de Mai (Patience—Banners of May) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

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

, 1949

Phrases (plate, page 83) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Fêtes de la faim (Feasts of Hunger) (plate, page 51) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Variant of Comédie de la soif (Comedy of Thirst) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Villes I (Cities I) (plate, page 93) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Vies (Lives) (plate, page 125) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

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

, 1949

Variant of Métropolitan (Metropolitan) (supplementary plate) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Bonne pensée du matin (Good Thoughts of Morning) (plate, page 19) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Poésie de mots inconnus

, 1949

Portrait of Rimbaud (frontispiece) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

Après le déluge (After the Flood) (plate, page 61) from Les Illuminations (The Illuminations)

, 1949

In-text plate (folio 15) from Poésie de mots inconnus

, 1949

FERNAND LÉGER ET LE NOUVEL ESPACE

, 1949

Fernand Léger - Exposition rétrospective 1905 - 1946

, 1949

Plate (page 96) from Cirque (Circus)

, 1950

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