Biografie von Fernand LÉGER (1881-1955)

Personal data


Birth : 02/04/1881 - Argentan, France
Death : 08/18/1955 - Gif-sur-Yvette, France
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : France

Education

Has frequented the studio of Jean-Léon GÉROME [ 1824-1904 ]

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Oil/canvas
Sculpture-Volume :
Drawing-Watercolor : Watercolour
Tapestry :

Subject

illustration
landscape
portrait

Movements and styles

Abstraction
Cubism
Golden Section
Abstraction/Creation

Works

Composition
Date of creation : 1918
Medium : Watercolour/paper
Size : 23 x 28 cm
 
Le Pot à tisane
Date of creation : 1918
Medium : Oil/canvas
Size : 61 x 50 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2005

Fernand Léger Monumental
Les Abattoirs – Espace d’art moderne et contemporain – Toulouse, France
2005 – 06/15/2005

Important Paintings
Helly Nahmad Gallery – Nyack NY, United States
02/23/2005 – 05/28/2005

2004

Musée des Beaux-Arts – Lyon, France
2004 – 09/20/2004

2003

Première rétrospective de l’¿uvre tissé de Fernand Léger
Musée départemental de la Tapisserie – Aubusson, France
02/15/2003 – 05/18/2003

2002

Palazzo Magnani – Reggio Emilia RE, Italy
12/2002

Tour 46 – Belfort, France
05/24/2002 – 09/22/2002

1998

MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
02/15/1998 – 05/12/1998

1997

MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1997

1990

Musée d’Art Moderne Lille Métropole – Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
1990

1981

La poésie de l’objet 1928-1934
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
1981

1956

Musée des Arts Décoratifs – Paris, France
1956

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Jeanne Bucher – 53 rue de Seine – Paris, France

2004

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Galerie Jeanne Bucher – 53 rue de Seine – Paris, France

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : C & M Arts – 45 East 78th Street – New York NY, United States

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Galerie 1900 – 2000 – 8 Rue Bonaparte – Paris, France

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Hachmeister Galerie – Klosterstrasse 12 – Münster in Westfalen, Germany

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Darga & Lansberg Galerie – 36 Rue de Seine – Paris, France

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Art Focus – Talstrasse 16 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : Peter Findlay Gallery – 41 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Beyeler – Bäumleingasse 9 – Basel BS, Switzerland

FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Darga & Lansberg Galerie – 36 Rue de Seine – Paris, France

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Art Focus – Talstrasse 16 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

Art Miami, n°12
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
01/04/2002 – 01/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Marion Meyer – 15, rue Guénégaud – Paris, France

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Beyeler – Bäumleingasse 9 – Basel BS, Switzerland

Art Toronto 2001 – TIAF Toronto International Art Fair
MTCC Metro Toronto Convention Centre – Toronto ON, Canada
10/11/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galleria d’Arte Contini – San Marco 2765 – Venice VE, Italy

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Acquavella Galleries Inc. – 18 Esat 79th Street – New York NY, United States

Europ’ART Genève – Foire internationale d’art, n°10
Palexpo – Geneva GE, Switzerland
04/27/2001 – 05/01/2001
Represented by : Pedro Lopez E Hijos S.L. – Villanueva 27 – Madrid, Spain

13th Annual Works on Paper
New York NY, United States
03/02/2001 – 03/04/2001
Represented by : Peter Findlay Gallery – 41 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States

Arte Fiera – Mostra Mercato d’Arte contemporanea
Quartiere Fieristico – Bologna BO, Italy
01/25/2001 – 01/29/2001
Represented by : Galleria Maggiore – Via d’Aglezio 15 – Bologna BO, Italy

Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Robert Henry Adams Fine Art – 715 North Franklin Street – Chicago IL, United States

2000

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 7
Palazzo del Lavoro – Turin TO, Italy
10/05/2000 – 10/08/2000
Represented by : Salamon – L’ArteModerna – Via San Quintino, 4 – Turin TO, Italy

Art Expo – Fira d’Art de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
05/18/2000 – 05/22/2000
Represented by : Galeria d’Art Manuel Barbie – Consell de Cent 321 – Barcelona, Spain

KUNSTKÖLN 2000 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Messegelände Köln-Deutz – Cologne, Germany
04/01/2000 – 04/09/2000
Represented by : Galerie Roesinger – Alteburger Strasse 111 – Cologne, Germany

Palm Springs International Art Fair
Palm Springs CA, United States
03/15/2000 – 03/19/2000
Represented by : Eleonor Austerer Gallery – 540 Sutter Street – San Francisco CA, United States

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Maxwell Davidson Gallery – 41 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States

ARTissima – Arte Contemporaneo a Torino, n° 6
Turin TO, Italy
10/07/1999 – 10/10/1999
Represented by : Salamon – L’ArteModerna – Via San Quintino, 4 – Turin TO, Italy

Artpalmbeach – Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
03/10/1999 – 03/15/1999
Represented by : Lisa Kurts Gallery – 766 South White Station Road – Memphis TN, United States

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Arnold Herstand – 24 West 57th Street – New York NY, United States


Group exhibitions

2004

De l’écriture à la peinture
Fondation Maeght – Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
2004 – 11/14/2004

Collection Fernand Léger du musée de Biot
Fondation Maeght – Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
03/06/2004 – 06/20/2004

2003

Paris 1945 bis 1965 – Metropole der Kunst. Malerei, Plastik, Graphik, Photographie
Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz – Linz, Austria
12/11/2003 – 04/12/2004

2001

Le Purisme à Paris de 1918 à 1925
Musée de Grenoble – Grenoble, France
10/07/2001 – 01/06/2002

1999

Georges Pompidou et la modernité
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume – Paris, France
02/23/1999 – 04/18/1999

1998

Le Décoratif dans l’art du XX siècle
Musée d’Art Moderne Lille Métropole – Villeneuve d’Ascq, France
10/17/1998 – 02/18/1999

1997

Objects of Desire: The Modern Still Life
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1997

Encounters with Modern Art : Works from the Rothschild Family Collections
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
10/04/1997 – 01/04/1998

Masterworks from the Florene May Schoenborn Bequest
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
02/06/1997 – 03/11/1997

Made in France 1947-1997, 50 ans de création en France
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
01/30/1997 – 09/29/1997

1995

Campo – 46° Biennale di Venezia
Ca’Giustinian San Marco 1316 – Venice VE, Italy
06/11/1995 – 10/15/1995

1985

L’Art et le Temps. Regards sur la quatrième dimension
IAC Institut d’art contemporain – Villeurbanne, France
12/07/1985 – 01/26/1986

1964

Documenta III
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Alte Galerie – Kassel, Germany
06/27/1964 – 10/05/1964

1959

1ère Biennale de Paris
Musée d’Art Moderne de la ville de Paris – Paris, France
10/02/1959 – 10/25/1959

Documenta II – Kunst nach 1945
Museum Fridericianum, Orangerie, Schloss Bellevue – Kassel, Germany
07/11/1959 – 10/11/1959

1955

Documenta 1 – Kunst des XX. Jahrhunderts
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
07/15/1955 – 09/18/1955

1912

Le Groupe de la Section d’Or
Galerie La Boetie – Paris, France
1912

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