Boca Raton Museum of Art
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Boca Raton, FL 33432
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Museums page for Fernand Leger ((1881 - 1955)), known for Cubist painting-objects, machinery and figures, teaching. Showing 10 museum collections and exhibitions.
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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
Fernand Leger - Artist Info
About Fernand Leger: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (10)
All MuseumsGodwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY
450 Klapper Hall,
6530 Kissena Blvd
Flushing, NY 11367Hammer Museum, UCLA
10899 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90024Museum of Modern Art, New York
11 West 53rd Street
New York City, NY 10019Neuberger Museum of Art
Suny, Purchase College
735 Anderson Hill Road
Purchase, NY 10577-1400Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue
New York City, NY 10128Tate Modern/Tate Gallery, London
Bankside
Se1 9Tg
London, United KingdomUniversity of Saint Joseph Art Gallery
1678 Asylum Avenue
West Hartford, CT 06117-2791University of Wyoming Art Museum
Centennial Complex
2111 Willett Drive
Laramie, WY 82071Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21741-0423