Fernand Léger
1881-1955
One of the Greatest Painters Of All Time
French Cubist /Constructivist
Painter
Artistically and
stylistically influenced the following painters;
-
Henri Rousseau,
Cézanne,
Chagall, Soutine,
Braque and
Picasso
Education - Ecole des Arts Decoratifs
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Fernand Leger Quotations
"I organize the
opposition between
colors, lines and
curves. I set curves
against straight lines,
patches of color against
plastic forms, pure
colors against subtly
nuanced shades of gray."
-- Fernand Leger
Enormous enlargements of
an object or a fragment
give it a personality it
never had before, and in
this way, it can become
a vehicle of entirely
new lyric and plastic
power." -- Fernand Leger
"The realistic value of
a work is completely
independent of its
properties in terms of
content." -- Fernand
Leger
"Even a part of an
object has value. A
whole new realism
resides in the way one
envisages an object or
one of its parts." --
Fernand Leger
"This truth must be
recognized as a dogma
and assume the validity
of an axiom in the
general understanding of
painting." -- Fernand
Leger
"I organize the
opposition between
colors, lines and
curves. I set curves
against straight lines,
patches of color against
plastic forms, pure
colors against subtly
nuanced shades of gray."
-- Fernand Leger
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