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Fernand Léger was a French painter known for his geometric abstract style and bold use of color. His works hold a significant place in 20th-century art history and have had a profound impact on subsequent artists.

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“I organize the opposition between colors, lines and curves. I set curves against straight lines, patches of color against plastic forms, pure colors against subtly nuanced shades of gray.”

Form Lines Color Pure Opposition Gray Shade Plastic Organize Curves Patches Straight Lines Shades Of Gray

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“What does that represent? There was never any question in plastic art, in poetry, in music, of representing anything. It is a matter of making something beautiful, moving, or dramatic - this is by no means the same thing.”

Mean Doe Art Matter Beautiful Moving Dramatic Plastic Representing Something Beautiful

Book:Picasso, Braque, Léger: masterpieces from Swiss collections

Source: Picasso, Braque, Léger: masterpieces from Swiss collections

“Enormous enlargements of an object or a fragment give it a personality it never had before, and in this way, it can become a vehicle of entirely new lyric and plastic power.”

Way Giving Objects Personality Enormous Vehicle Plastic Never Giving Up Fragments Enlargement

Book:Léger: Catalogue of Th Exhibition Organized by the Art Institute of Chicago in Collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the San Francisco Museum of Art

Source: Léger: Catalogue of Th Exhibition Organized by the Art Institute of Chicago in Collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the San Francisco Museum of Art

About the Author

Born: February 4, 1881
Died: August 17, 1955
Known for: Painter
Quotes: 14

Books & Sources

Léger: Catalogue of Th Exhibition Organized by the Art Institute of Chicago in Collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the San Francisco Museum of ArtRelated source material

Fernand Léger: [Exposición] The Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 15-May 12, 1998Related source material

Picasso, Braque, Léger: masterpieces from Swiss collectionsRelated source material

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