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Contrast of Forms was a title given by Léger to a series of paintings completed between 1912 and 1914 in which the artist experimented with the boundaries between abstraction and representation, flatness and three-dimensionality, problems that would occupy him throughout his career. Léger shows his ability to represent volumetric form without ...
- French
- February 4, 1881
- Argentan, France
- August 17, 1955
Léger applied color, however, with little regard for naturalism; his observance of chiaroscuro developed into an exploration of the syncopation that black and white can invigorate across a surface. The central part of The Village is painted in the colors of the French flag—blue, white, and red—a patriotic note during the increasing political tension in which Léger worked.
- He was a forerunner of Pop Art. [Léger is] a man so steeped in the world around him that his art cannot be separated from contemporary vision. Katherine Kuh, MoMa, 1953.
- He loved the circus. Go to the circus... It is so human to break through restraints, to spread out, to grow toward freedom… To escape from the ground, to leave it, to touch the tip as little as possible, the farthest tip.
- The war changed his art. My experiences at the front and the daily contact with machines led to the change which marked my painting. From 1914 to 1917 Leger fought on the front-line at Argonne and Verdun.
- He invented Tubism. Léger isolated elements of the image and fragmented it to show different viewpoints. This is very characteristic of Cubism. However, his take on this technique was so unique that many felt it needed a different name.
Biography. Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (French: [fɛʁnɑ̃ leʒe]; February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism (known as "tubism") which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style. His boldly simplified treatment of modern subject ...
With the outset of World War II, Léger left France and moved to the United States, where he remained until 1945. Until his death a decade later, his output continued to be varied and experimental, with Léger creating paintings, book illustrations, sculptures and stained-glass windows. The artist was awarded the Grand Prize at the 1955 São ...
The artist creates six panels, including Le Transport des Forces (Paris, FNAC, on deposit at the Musée National Fernand Léger, Biot). The same year, he returned to set design for Serge Lifar's ballet David triomphant , with music by Rieti, which premiered at the Maison internationale des étudiants universitaires theater in Paris on December 15, and was revived at the Paris Opéra in May 1937.
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Signature. Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (French: [fɛʁnɑ̃ leʒe]; February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism (known as "tubism") which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style.
