Fernand Léger: The Original Granddaddy of Pop Art
3 of 3 on our series of the legendary paintings of Fernand Léger
This is the last installment of my three part series on the legendary paintings of an extraordinary artist. Although I am certain that this won’t be the last time that his name or work will come up on this blog. I thought it was interesting that Fernand Léger joined the Communist party once he returned to France in 1945 after living in the US. During that time, he made a rather large mosaic for the church of Assy between 1945-1949. Léger did the decor for the ballet Le pas d’acier, in Paris in 1948, and continued to produced several book illustrations.
Fernand Léger, La Joie De Vivre, 1955
Signed F. Leger (lower right) Oil on canvas
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Fernand Léger, La Femme Au Mirror, 1920
Signed F. Leger and dated, Oil On Canvas
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Fernand Léger
After a design by Fernand Léger, La Femme Au Perroquet
Bearing the signature F. Léger (lower right), Mosaic executed by Heidi Melano
after an original work by Fernand Léger
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Fernand Léger, Visage aux 2 mains
Fernand Léger, The Tree, 1925
Image via Anticipated Stranger
In 1949, he made designs for ceramics executed at Biot in my all-time favorite place – The South of France. It was there that he established his ceramic workshop. In 1960 a Léger museum was created in Biot in honor of his vast contribution to the art world. During the later part of his life, he made several designs for a number of stained glass windows, and painted murals for the assembly hall of the United Nations. I am attracted to the fact that Fernad Léger could of painted a number or top officials, and high society folks, but instead directed his body of work towards honoring the life of ordinary people.
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| Vyna St Phard next to design after Fernand Léger La Femme au Perroquet, Sotheby’s, NY Photo courtesy High End Weekly™ |
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