Attributed Fernand Leger;
Russian Soviet Expressionist Painting;
pastel on paper;
20 x 14 in; framed: 27 x 21.5 in;
Fernand Leger was a French artist known for his important contributions to the Modern avant-garde movement known as Cubism. Along with Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, Leger crafted new ways of expressing three-dimensional space on the flat surface of a canvas. His utilized Synthetic Cubist elements during the late 1910s - characterized by tubular forms and mechanical imagery - that reflected the urban industrial landscape. Born on February 4, 1881 in Argentan, France, Léger worked across media throughout his career, including painting, film, illustration, glasswork, ceramics, and design. In 1924, he opened the Académie de l’Art Moderne, his atelier with fellow French Cubist Amedee Ozenfant, and went on to design murals for French architect Le Corbusier’s famed structure Pavillon de l’Esprit Nouveau the next year. Leger died on August 17, 1955 in Gif-sur-Yvette, France at the age of 74. In 1960, the Musee Fernand Leger opened in Biot, France.

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