A painter as well as a filmmaker, illustrator, stage-set designer, ceramicist and printmaker, Fernand Léger was one of the most prolific artists of the first half of the 20th century. His early mature work as a Cubist was marked by the use of bold colors and contrasts and a visual vocabulary inspired by industrial technology. In his later career, Léger turned to idiomatic, almost naïve depictions of human figures, in a belief that his work should be accessible to ordinary people and relevant to their lives.
Born in Normandy, the son of a cattle trader, Léger worked as an architectural draftsman in Paris while studying art. By 1908 he was a member of an artistic circle that included Marc Chagall, Robert Delaunay, sculptor Jacques Lipchitz, and the poet Guillaume Appolinaire, and through them he became connected to the Cubists. As opposed to the flat planes and neutral hues seen in the paintings of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, Léger’s Cubist abstractions were devised with vivid colors and forms that had dimensionality. Soon after his army service in World War I — he was gassed at the Battle of Verdun — Léger entered his “mechanical” period. Convinced that technology would improve the human condition, he painted compositions of tubular shapes and cylinders that are reminiscent of machine parts. In other work, Léger sought to capture the bustle and brio of modern life with references to railroad stations, factories, street signs and billboards.
Léger had also emerged from the trenches with a deep concern to make his art engage the sorts of men and women he had met during the war. He sought to bring his work to a wider audience through film, theater sets and book illustrations. In the 1920s, influenced by Purism — a variant on Cubism that promoted a simpler and more direct approach to forms and compositions — Léger produced a series of paintings depicting everyday objects: a soda siphon, an accordion, a guitar and vase. The human figure returned to his work. By 1930, pure abstraction disappeared almost completely from Léger’s art in favor of simple studies of people. Their boldly outlined forms, placed against a bright background, can be regarded as an assemblage of parts — yet in these representations of dancers, acrobats and folks on bicycles, Léger seems to be articulating a kind of kinship and affection. You will see from the works on offer why Fernand Léger is often regarded as the warmest and most humane of the great modern artists.
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Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...
Lithograph
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Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...
Lithograph
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Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...
Lithograph
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Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...
Lithograph
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Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...
Lithograph
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Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...
Lithograph
Chair, Hat and Cow - Lithograph and Stencil, 1959
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand LÉGER Chair, Hat and Cow, 1959 Original lithograph and stencil Printed signature in the plate On vellum Auvergne 38,9 x 50 cm (c. 15,3 x 19,6 Inches) Published in 1959, under the control of the wife of the artist, Nadia Léger...
Lithograph, Stencil
Tete de Femme Etching, Cubist Style, Signed Artist Proof, 1949
By Fernand Léger
Located in Roma, IT
Etching and drypoint realied by Léger in 1952. Artist proof our of and edition of 100. Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Etching
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1956 Fernand Leger Mourlot Exhibition Poster
By Fernand Léger
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
76 x 52 cm. Printed by Fernand Mourlot on rag paper watermarked "Mourlot." A condition. Not in Saphire. .Fernand Mourlot was born in Paris in 1895. He grew up in the family print shop but it wasn't until he took over in the early 1920s that he would change the fabric of printing forever. His influence fostered a resurgence of lithography, revealing it as a new avenue for expression and a new realm of possibilities for likes of Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, Georges Braque, Fernand Léger, and Alberto Giacometti to enrich their own work as well as fine art in general. Fernand cultivated the lithograph as a painter's medium and the family studio on Rue Chabrol became a hub where he could invite artists to work directly on the stone, as if creating a poster. In 1937, the studio produced two posters (based on paintings by Matisse...
Paper, Lithograph
1955 original exhibition poster by Fernand Léger - in Leverkusen, Germany
By Fernand Léger
Located in PARIS, FR
This 1955 original exhibition poster was created for Fernand Léger’s retrospective at Museum Morsbroich in Leverkusen, Germany. Featuring Léger’s signature bold lines, geometric abst...
Paper, Lithograph
Still life with Blue Pitcher and Fruits - Lithograph and Stencil, 1950
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand LÉGER Still life with Blue Pitcher and Fruits, c. 1950 Original lithograph and stencil (Jacomet workshop) Printed signature in the plate On paper 43 x 33 cm (c. 17 x 13 Inc...
Lithograph, Stencil
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Fernand Leger, Phrases, from The Illuminations, 1949
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Phrases (Phrases), originates from the 1949 folio Les Illuminations, lithographies originales de Fernand Leger (The Ill...
Lithograph
Paris, Montparnasse - Original lithograph, HANDSIGNED, 1959
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand Léger Montparnasse, 1959 Original lithograph (Atelier Mourlot) Signed with the artist's stamp Limited to 180 copies (Here numbered 160) On Arches vellum 66 x 50.5 cm (c. 25...
Lithograph
The city, The lovers - Original lithograph, HANDSIGNED, 1959
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand Léger The lovers, 1959 Original lithograph (Atelier Mourlot) Signed with the artist's stamp Limited to 180 copies (Here numbered 160) On Arches vellum 66 x 50.5 cm (c. 25.9...
Lithograph
The city, The ballerina - Original lithograph, HANDSIGNED, 1959
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand Léger The ballerina, 1959 Original lithograph (Atelier Mourlot) Signed with the artist's stamp Limited to 180 copies (Here numbered 160) On Arches vellum 66 x 50.5 cm (c. 2...
Lithograph
The city, The train station - Original lithograph, HANDSIGNED, 1959
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, IDF
Fernand Léger The train station, 1959 Original lithograph (Atelier Mourlot) Signed with the artist's stamp Limited to 180 copies (Here numbered 160) On Arches vellum 66 x 50.5 cm (...
Lithograph
1953 original lithography by Fernand Léger at the Galerie Louis Carré
By Fernand Léger
Located in PARIS, FR
In June 1953, the Galerie Louis Carré in Paris hosted a significant exhibition featuring the works of Fernand Léger, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Among th...
Paper, Lithograph
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Original 1955 exhibition poster by Fernand Léger - Festival Lyon Charbonnieres
By Fernand Léger
Located in PARIS, FR
This striking original 1955 exhibition poster was created by Fernand Léger himself to promote a major retrospective of his work at the Musée de Lyon. The show, which ran from June 28...
Paper, Lithograph
Profil de Femme, Modern Drypoint Etching by Fernand Leger
By Fernand Léger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Profil de Femme Fernand Leger, French (1881–1955) Date: circa 1931 (pulled 1961) Drypoint Etching on Richard de Bas Edition of 102 Image Size: 10 x 8 inches Size: 15.75 x 12 in. (40....
Drypoint, Etching
Musée Cantini lithographic poster by Fernand Leger, 1966
By Fernand Léger
Located in New York, NY
This lithographic poster was printed in 1966 at the Atelier Mourlot in Paris to promote an exhibition of Leger's works at the Musée Cantini in Marseille in the summer of 1966. Leger ...
Lithograph
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Fernand Leger, Lives, from The Illuminations, 1949
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Vies (Lives), originates from the 1949 folio Les Illuminations, lithographies originales de Fernand Leger (The Illumina...
Lithograph
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1959 original poster by Fernand Léger at the Galerie Louise Leiris in Paris
By Fernand Léger
Located in PARIS, FR
In May 1959, the Galerie Louise Leiris in Paris hosted an extraordinary exhibition showcasing Fernand Léger's La Ville: 29 Lithographies Originales (The City: 29 Original Lithographs...
Paper, Lithograph
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Fernand Leger, Morning of Drunkenness, from The Illuminations, 1949
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Matinee d'ivresse (Morning of Drunkenness), originates from the 1949 folio Les Illuminations, lithographies originales ...
Lithograph
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Fernand Leger, Portrait of Rimbaud, from The Illuminations, 1949
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Portrait de Rimbaud (Portrait of Rimbaud), originates from the 1949 folio Les Illuminations, lithographies originales d...
Lithograph
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Fernand Leger, Metropolitan, from The Illuminations, 1949
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Metropolitan (Metropolitan), originates from the 1949 folio Les Illuminations, lithographies originales de Fernand Lege...
Lithograph
Exhibtion Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Modern Poster by Fernand Leger
By Fernand Léger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fernand Leger, French (1881 - 1955) - Exhibtion Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Year: 1967, Medium: Poster, Size: 32 x 23.25 in. (81.28 x 59.06 cm), Publisher: Musee national ...
Offset
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1953 poster for Sculptures Polychromes by Fernand Léger at Galerie Louis Carré
By Fernand Léger
Located in PARIS, FR
The 1953 exhibition poster for Sculptures Polychromes by Fernand Léger at Galerie Louis Carré stands as a testament to the artist’s vibrant foray into three-dimensional art. Renowned...
Paper, Lithograph
Nature morte
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1951 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Edition : 300 Publisher : Editions Falaize (Paris) Printer : Mourlot (Paris) Catalog : Saphire 109 32.00 cm. x 45.00 cm. 12.6 in....
Lithograph
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Fernand Leger, Parade, from The Illuminations, 1949
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Parade, originates from the 1949 folio Les Illuminations, lithographies originales de Fernand Leger (The Illuminations,...
Lithograph
1971 Original poster promoting an exhibition of Fernand Léger
By Fernand Léger
Located in PARIS, FR
A beautiful poster promoting an exhibition with artworks by the French painter, sculptor and filmmaker, Fernand Léger (1881-1955). Léger was highly influenced by the movements in ar...
Paper, Lithograph
1956 original poster by Fernand Léger for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs
By Fernand Léger
Located in PARIS, FR
Fernand Léger's original 1956 poster for the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, taken from a 1924 work and printed by Mourlot, is a remarkable example of art combining past and present. Fern...
Paper, Lithograph
Composition with dominos
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, FR
Stencil, 1947 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Edition : 23/30 H.C. + 300 Publisher : Guy Spitzer, Paris Printer : Guy Spitzer, Paris Catalog : [Saphire n°E20 p.290-291] 88.00 cm....
Stencil
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Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...
Lithograph
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Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...
Lithograph
Album de 10 sérigraphies
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1951 Edition : 57/200 Publisher : Guilde internationale de la Gravure (Genève) Printer : Jean Bruller (Paris) Catalog : Sapphire E7 56.00 cm. x 38.00 cm. 22.05 in. x 14....
Lithograph
Tete De Femme, Modern Drypoint Etching by Fernand Leger
By Fernand Léger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Tete De Femme Fernand Leger, French (1881–1955)\ Date: 1952 Drypoint Etching, stamp signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 100 Image Size: 7.75 x 4.75 inches Size: 12.5 x 9.25 in. ...
Drypoint, Etching
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Fernand Leger, Patience—Banners of May, from The Illuminations, 1949
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Patience—Bannieres de Mai (Patience—Banners of May), originates from the 1949 folio Les Illuminations, lithographies or...
Lithograph
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Fernand Leger, Good Thoughts of the Morning, from The Illuminations, 1949
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Bonne pensee du matin (Good Thoughts of the Morning), originates from the 1949 folio Les Illuminations, lithographies o...
Lithograph
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Fernand Leger, Departure, from The Illuminations, 1949
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Depart (Departure), originates from the 1949 folio Les Illuminations, lithographies originales de Fernand Leger (The Il...
Lithograph
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Fernand Leger, Is She Loved?, from The Illuminations, 1949
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Est-elle aimee? (Is She Loved?), originates from the 1949 folio Les Illuminations, lithographies originales de Fernand ...
Lithograph
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Fernand Leger, Comedy of Thirst, from The Illuminations, 1949
By Fernand Léger
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Comedie de la soif (Comedy of Thirst), originates from the 1949 folio Les Illuminations, lithographies originales de Fe...
Lithograph
Liberté j’écris ton nom.
By Fernand Léger
Located in New York, NY
Éluard, Paul. Liberté j’écris ton nom. Paris (Seghers), [1953]. Folding broadside (leporello), with continuous color silkscreen by Fernand Léger, integrated with text, extending th...
Screen
1959 Original poster by Fernand Léger - Maison de la pensée française
By Fernand Léger
Located in PARIS, FR
Fernand Léger, a towering figure in 20th-century art, left an indelible mark through his diverse and dynamic body of work. Born on February 4, 1881, in Argentan, France, Léger's arti...
Paper, Lithograph
Sculptures Polychromes, Modern Lithograph Poster by Fernand Léger
By Fernand Léger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fernand Léger, French (1881 -1955) - Sculptures Polychromes at Galerie Louis Carres, Year: 1953, Medium: Lithograph Poster, Size: 25.25 x 18.75 in. (64.14 x 47.63 cm), Printer: C...
Lithograph
"House with balcony", Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
By Fernand Léger
Located in Paris, FR
Fernand Léger (1881–1955) was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker, and a major figure in modern art. Born in Normandy, he began his career influenced by Impressionism before tu...
Paper, India Ink, Watercolor
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Composition, Original Modern Still Life Gouache Painting by Fernand Leger
By Fernand Léger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fernand Leger's depiction of a still life with a pitcher and bowl of fruit starts in simplistic and tangible reality on the right side of the composition before quickly devolving int...
Paper, Gouache
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Statuette au Vase Jaune, painting by Fernand Leger c.1949
By Fernand Léger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Fernand Leger, French (1881 - 1955) Title: Statuette au Vase Jaune Year: circa 1949 Medium: Gouache on Paper, dedicated (a Nicole) l.r. Size: 5 x 5 ...
Gouache