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LEGER Fernand
Fernand LEGER (1881 – 1954)
Fernand Léger was born in Argentan, France. His father, a cattle breeder, died when Léger was very young. After trying out different art schools, Léger went to work at an architectural firm.
Living in Paris as of 1900, Léger would quickly turn to Cubism. With Villon, Cleizes, Kupka, Picabia and Delaunay, Léger would become a founder of the Section d’Or, the French branch of the Cubism movement. Their philosophy generated works based on geometric shapes and vivid colors.
Léger would fall prey to tear gas during World War I and his injuries would plunge him into apathy.
In 1920, he befriended Le Corbusier and worked with the architect on some of his projects. As with many up and coming artists, Léger left France for America during World War II and studied at Yale. The movie industry, as well as ceramic and decorative art, is all part of his artistic genius. His paintings, easily recognized with their large compositions, light colors and “tube” shapes are “so many hymns praising all things mechanical, the world of labor and social conquests”. A committed artist, Léger died in 1954.
A large retrospective was devoted to his work at the Beaubourg Center for Fine Art in 1997.
1955, Documenta I
Allemagne, Cassel
1955, Mort de Fernand LEGER
1956, Rétrospective Fernand LEGER
France, Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs
1959, 1ère Biennale de Paris
France, Paris, Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris
1959, Documenta II
Allemagne, Cassel
1964, Documenta III
Allemagne, Cassel
1968, Roger GARAUDY: Pour un réalisme du XXe siècle
1981, Exposition Fernand LEGER, La poésie de l'objet 1928-1934
France, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou / Mnam - Galeries contemporaines et Forum, expositions individuelles
1985, Exposition. L'Art et le Temps. Regards sur la quatrième dimension
France, Villeurbanne, Le Nouveau Musée/Institut
1987, Les Cahiers du musée national d'art moderne, n°19-20, juin 1987: Moderne, modernité, modernisme
1990, Rétrospective Fernand LEGER
France, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Musée d'art moderne
1992, Françoise WASSERMAN et Marie-Odile de BARY, direction, Vagues, une anthologie de la nouvelle muséologie, vol. I.
1995, Biennale de Venise
Italie, Venise
1997, Exposition Made in France 1947-1997, 50 ans de création en France.
France, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou / Mnam
1997, Exposition Masterworks from the Florene May Schoenborn Bequest
USA, New York, Museum of Modern Art
1997, Exposition Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life
USA, New York, Museum of Modern Art
1997, Exposition. Encounters with Modern Art: Works from the Rothschild Family Collections
USA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
1997, Fernand LEGER, rétrospective
France, Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou / Mnam - Grande Galerie
1998, Exposition Fernand LEGER
USA, New York, Museum of Modern Art
1998, Exposition Le Décoratif dans l'art du XX siècle
France, Villeneuve d'Ascq, Musée d'art moderne
1998, Exposition. Fernand LEGER, 1905-1930. Collection du Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne
France, Biot (06), Musée national Fernand Léger
1998, Exposition. Max BECKMANN und Paris
Suisse, Zürich, Kunsthaus
1998, Exposition. Rendez vous: Masterpieces from the Centre Georges Pompidou and the Guggenheim Museums
USA, New York, Guggenheim Museum
1998, Exposition. The Spirit of Cubism
Grande-Bretagne, Liverpool, Tate Gallery
1998, Exposition. Three Collectors: Solomon R.Guggenheim, Peggy Guggenheim and Gianni Mattioli
Italie, Venise, Peggy Guggenheim Collection
1999, Exposition. Georges Pompidou et la modernité
France, Paris, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume
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