Asking price :
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Measurement :
| Height : 65.00 cm |
Height : 25.59 in |
| Width : 49.00 cm |
Width : 19.29 in |
Original text : 
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Nature Morte (Un Vase Jaune) - {1949}. Oil on canvas. Fernand Léger was born in Argentan, France. His father, a cattle breeder, died when Léger was very young. After trying out different art schools, Léger went to work at an architectural firm.
Living in Paris as of 1900, Léger would quickly turn to Cubism. With Villon, Cleizes, Kupka, Picabia and Delaunay, Léger would become a founder of the Section d'Or, the French branch of the Cubism movement. Their philosophy generated works based on geometric shapes and vivid colors.
Léger would fall prey to tear gas during World War I and his injuries would plunge him into apathy.
In 1920, he befriended Le Corbusier and worked with the architect on some of his projects. As with many up and coming artists, Léger left France for America during World War II and studied at Yale. The movie industry, as well as ceramic and decorative art, is all part of his artistic genius. His paintings, easily recognized with their large compositions, light colors and “tube” shapes are “so many hymns praising all things mechanical, the world of labor and social conquests”. A committed artist, Léger died in 1954.
Provenance : -Galerie Louise LEIRIS -CURT VALENTIN Gallery,New York - Private Collection Bruxelles Exhibited : - New York ,BUCHHOLZ Gallery,LEGER,1950 - CINCINNATI Art Museum 1952
Location: London
Original text :
Nature Morte (Un Vase Jaune) - {1949}. Oil on canvas. Fernand Léger was born in Argentan, France. His father, a cattle breeder, died when Léger was very young. After trying out different art schools, Léger went to work at an architectural firm.
Living in Paris as of 1900, Léger would quickly turn to Cubism. With Villon, Cleizes, Kupka, Picabia and Delaunay, Léger would become a founder of the Section d'Or, the French branch of the Cubism movement. Their philosophy generated works based on geometric shapes and vivid colors.
Léger would fall prey to tear gas during World War I and his injuries would plunge him into apathy.
In 1920, he befriended Le Corbusier and worked with the architect on some of his projects. As with many up and coming artists, Léger left France for America during World War II and studied at Yale. The movie industry, as well as ceramic and decorative art, is all part of his artistic genius. His paintings, easily recognized with their large compositions, light colors and “tube” shapes are “so many hymns praising all things mechanical, the world of labor and social conquests”. A committed artist, Léger died in 1954.
Provenance : -Galerie Louise LEIRIS -CURT VALENTIN Gallery,New York - Private Collection Bruxelles Exhibited : - New York ,BUCHHOLZ Gallery,LEGER,1950 - CINCINNATI Art Museum 1952
Location: London
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