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Fernand Leger BIOGRAPHY
1881 Argentan, France - 1955 Gif-sur-Yvette, France. Known for: Cubist painting-objects, machinery and figures, teaching.
One of the major Cubist painters in France in the early 20th Century, Fernand Léger, also became a sculptor, ceramist, art educator and filmmaker. He was born in Normandy where his father raised... Read full biography
One of the major Cubist painters in France in the early 20th Century, Fernand Léger, also became a sculptor, ceramist, art educator and filmmaker. He was born in Normandy where his father raised livestock, and originally studied to be a re-toucher of photographs and an architect's draughtsman.... Read full biography
One of the major Cubist painters in France in the early 20th Century, Fernand Léger, also became a sculptor, ceramist, art educator and filmmaker. He was born in Normandy where his father raised livestock, and originally studied to be a re-toucher of photographs and an architect's draughtsman. Between 1897 and 1899, he was apprenticed to an architect in Caen, and then worked in Paris for two years as a draughtsman followed by two years as a retoucher. In 1903, he applied to the Ecole des Beaux... Read full biography
One of the major Cubist painters in France in the early 20th Century, Fernand Léger, also became a sculptor, ceramist, art educator and filmmaker. He was born in Normandy where his father raised livestock, and originally studied to be a re-toucher of photographs and an architect's draughtsman. Between 1897 and 1899, he was apprenticed to an architect in Caen, and then worked in Paris for two years as a draughtsman followed by two years as a retoucher. In 1903, he applied to the Ecole des Beaux Arts* in Paris but was denied admission, so he enrolled at the Acdemie Julian* and the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs*. He also 'hung around' the Ecole des Beaux Arts* Academy, studying with Jean Leon Gerome but saying later that the experience was "three... Read full biography
One of the major Cubist painters in France in the early 20th Century, Fernand Léger, also became a sculptor, ceramist, art educator and filmmaker. He was born in Normandy where his father raised livestock, and originally studied to be a re-toucher of photographs and an architect's draughtsman. Between 1897 and 1899, he was apprenticed to an architect in Caen, and then worked in Paris for two years as a draughtsman followed by two years as a retoucher. In 1903, he applied to the Ecole des Beaux Arts* in Paris but was denied admission, so he enrolled at the Acdemie Julian* and the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs*. He also 'hung around' the Ecole des Beaux Arts* Academy, studying with Jean Leon Gerome but saying later that the experience was "three empty and useless years". However, he did begin to work seriously as a painter, first workin... Read full biography
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Joseph Henri Fernand Leger
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One of the major Cubist painters in France in the early 20th Century, Fernand Léger, also became a sculptor, ceramist, art educator and filmmaker. He was born in Normandy where his father raised livestock, and originally studied to be a re-toucher of photographs and an architect's draughtsman. Between 1897 and 1899, he was apprenticed to an architect in Caen, and then worked in Paris for two years as a draughtsman followed by two years as a retoucher.
In 1903, he applied to the Ecole des Beaux Arts* in Paris but was denied admission, so he enrolled at the Acdemie Julian* and the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs*. He also 'hung around' the Ecole des Beaux Arts* Academy, studying with Jean Leon Gerome but sayin...But wait, there's more...
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