Fernand Leger

Born: 1881
City and Country of Origin: Argentan, France
Painting School: Cubist
Art Training: Ecole des Beaux-Arts
Exhibitions: Salon des Independants;
Awards:
Major Works: "The City," "Femme Au Miroir 1920"
Fernand Leger Biography: In school he studied architecture and worked as an apprentice draftsman. By 1911 he had made the acquintance of both Braque and Picasso. He became involved in Le Courbousier's Purist movement with his glossy paintings of high tech machinery. He experimented making lithographic prints of his work. In 1940 he immigrated to the United States to escape the advancing German armies. He taught at his own school Academie de l’Art Contemporain, Yale University and Mills College in California.
Died: 1975