French1881–1955
Fernand Léger
A French painter, sculptor and filmmaker who made a personal kind of Cubism from cylinders and tubes, nicknamed 'Tubism'. He later moved to a bolder, more figurative and popular style, and is seen as a forerunner of Pop art.
A life in paintings
- 1881Born
- 1907Cubism begins
In Paris, Picasso and Braque start breaking objects into geometric planes.
- 1914The First World War begins
The war breaks up the artists’ circles of Paris, Munich and Berlin.
- 1919
- 1939The Second World War begins
War spreads across Europe, and many European artists move to New York.
Source: Wikipedia - 1955Died
Circles
Society · Paris · 1884
Société des Artistes Indépendants
Jury-free annual salon founded 1884 by Seurat, Signac, Dubois-Pillet, Redon and others. Home of Neo-Impressionism; Henri Rousseau first showed there in 1886.
- Georges Seurat
- Henri Matisse
- Henri Rousseau
- Henri-Edmond Cross
- Maximilien Luce
- Paul Signac
- Robert Delaunay
- Vincent van Gogh
Source: Wikipedia
Where to see them
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Philadelphia
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