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LÉger, Fernand - fĕrnäNˈ lāzhāˈ, 1881–1955, French painter. Léger first studied architecture, then he began to paint, studying briefly at the École des Beaux-Arts. He became known for his cubist paintings in 1910, and a modified cubism is apparent in much of his subsequent work. In works such as The City (1919; Phila. Mus. of


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    Leger: Biographical and Critical Study » Read Now

    by Robert L. Delevoy, Stuart Gilbert. 142 pgs.

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    ...Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert LEGER Leg. 1 SKIRA Title page...one in which we now are living. FERNAND LEGER CHRONOLOGICAL SURVEY 1881 Born...framework of...
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    Fernand Leger: Five Themes and Variations » Read Now

    by Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. 115 pgs.

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    ...FERNAND LEGER FIVE THEMES AND VARIATIONS MASTER...Charles Zadok, New York Musee Fernand Leger, Biot, France Musee National dArt...confidence. This was the case when Mme...
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    Leger's Modernism, in New Criterion » Read Now

    by Hilton Kramer. 5 pgs.

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    ...are the result of all this. --Fernand Leger, 1914 I once had a student who wrote...reading anything about them. His reaction to Leger was instant and electric. He seemed...
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    Fernand Leger, in The Nation » Read Now

    by Arthur C. Danto. 3 pgs.

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    Modernities and Other Writings ("Fernand Leger" begins on p. 99) » Read Now

    by Esther Allen, Blaise Cendrars, Monique Chefdor. 136 pgs.

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    Blaise Cendrars was the pseudonym of Frederic-Louis Sauser (1887-1961), a Swiss-born poet and novelist. A contemporary of Apollinaire and Max Jacob, and a friend of Chagall and Modigliani, he must be reckoned with as a prophetic voice. Of all the avant-garde writers, he was the one most attuned to...
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    Fernand Leger, in Artforum International » Read Now

    by Richard Shone. 2 pgs.

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    ...Fernand Leger by Richard Shone Unlike nearly...his great Parisian contemporaries, Fernand Leger seems never in his mature work to have taken...late Renoir, the Douanier...
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    The Cubist Painters: Aesthetic Meditations, 1913 ("Leger" begins on p. 43) » Read Now

    by Lionel Abel, Guillaume Apollinaire. 66 pgs.

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    ...and Landscape with Nudes , by Fernand Leger. That same year the cubists made their...Metzinger Woman with Spoon , and Fernand Leger were ridiculed without mercy. A new...
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    Fernand Leger: Painter of the Modern City, in School Arts » Read Now

    by Amy Jared. 4 pgs.

    Collections: Education, Entire Library
    ...Fernand Leger: painter of the Modern City by Amy Jared In The City, Fernand Leger paints the brilliance, excitement and unbound...compete for our attention. Cinematic...

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