Fernand Léger

Fernand Léger 1881, Argentan –1955, Gif-sur-Yvette, France. The son of Norman farmers, he moved to Paris where he met Chagall, Delaunay, Soutine, Apollinaire, and Modigliani. In 1907, he discovered Braque and Picasso’s Cubism, which inspired his own pictorial language – Tubism. As an advocate of collective art intended for the widest population, he founded the Académie Moderne In Montparnasse, Paris with Ozenfant, which was managed by his student and wife Nadia Léger. Combining the modernism of mechanical elements with social art intended for the general public, he produced in 1951 what would become his most well-known work, Les Constructeurs, for which he produced over a hundred preparatory drawings and gouaches.