Mechanical elements become more and more present in his works. During the 20s he had a very productive period: he had numerous commissions and met many artists including Le Corbusier. He also worked for the cinema. His first big exhibition was held in Chicago in 1935. At the breaking of ...
Around 1905, the artist developed his hallmark style of tubular forms and mechanical imagery. He would go on to create the avant-garde film Ballet Mécanique (1924) and design murals for Le Corbusier’s Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau (1925). By the end of World War II, Léger’s paintings...
Leger's experience in the first World War had a great influence on his work. Mobilization services in August 1914 he spent two years in front of the French army in Argonne. He created many sketches of artillery, aircraft, and in the trenches of his comrades, drawing soldiers tube (1916) ...
LEGER, Fernand, 1881-1955BALLET dancingCHOREOGRAPHERSDANCE techniquesPERFORMING artsFernand Léger's preliminary notes for the film I Ballet mécanique i (1924) suggest that its first scene would feature "a little dancer": a "light" and "graceful" figure clad in a white maill...
the stylized depiction of real objects, laying great emphasis on order, clarity and harmony. In the 1920s he developed a concern with geometric composition and decoration.[3]He achieved a mechanistic classicism;Three Women(1921) is considered to be the masterpiece of Léger’s mechanical period....
Mid-1920s: He is associated with the Purist art movement 1926: He producesThe Mechanical Ballet, a non-narrative film, in collaboration with Man Ray and Dudley Murphy 1945: He joined the French Communist Party 1955: He died #1 He rubbed shoulders with the likes of Paul Cézanne, Georges Br...
their smooth skin polished like metal. After serving in World War I, in which he was badly injured, Leger hoped that technological advances and the machine age would cure the chaos unleashed by the war. His quasi-mechanical shapes exemplify his intent to use art as a representation of the ...
Fine Art Posters 喜欢的拍卖会 ★★★ 537件 宝贝描述 注:在线翻译仅供参考,如有疑问请联系客服 Artist: Fernand Leger, French (1881 - 1955)Title: Sculptures Polychromes at Galerie Louis CarresYear: 1953Medium: Lithograph PosterSize: 25.25 x 18.75 in. (64.14 x 47.63 cm)Printer: Carre, Editeur...
After serving in World War I, Léger's art changed and he focused on mechanical objects and the significance of billboards and advertising. He also visited New York and would exclaim, in a 1931 to his friend Le Corbusier, the architect whose own paintings resemble his: "I'm still constant...
Fernand Leger: Philadelphia Museum of ArtAs theorized by fin-de-siecle sociologist Georg Simmel, the term metropolis denotes less a...Marcus, Daniel