Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (February 4, 1881 - August 17, 1955) was an artist. February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January - April January 16-24 ? Siege of Geok Tepe ? Russian troops under general Skobeleff defeat Turkomans January 25 - Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell form the Oriental Telephone Company February 5 - Phoenix, Arizona is incorporated. ... August 17 is the 229th day of the year (230th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... An artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. ...

Born in the Argentan, Orne, Basse-Normandie Region of France, at age 19 Léger moved to the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris and supported himself as an architectural draftsman. His earliest known drawings were primarily influenced by Impressionism. Argentan is a commune, a canton and an arrondissement of the Orne France. ... Orne is a département in the northwest of France named after the Orne River. ... Capital Caen Area 31,582 km² Regional President Philippe Duron Population  - 2004 estimate  - 1999 census  - Density 1,443,000 1,422,193 81/km² Arrondissements 11 Cantons 141 Communes 1,812 Départements Calvados Manche Orne Basse-Normandie is a region of France. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... The Montparnasse Tower, which at 209m was the tallest building in Western Europe when it was built. ... See also Impressionist (entertainment): A girl with a watering can by Renoir, 1876 Impressionism was a 19th century art movement, which began as a private association of Paris-based artists who exhibited publicly in 1874. ...

In 1911 he joined with several other artists to form the Puteaux Group, an offshoot of the Cubist movement. From then until 1914, Léger’s work became increasingly abstract, and he started to limit his color to the primaries and black and white. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... A database query syntax error has occurred. ... The Puteaux Group is the name applied to a group of European artists and critics associated with Cubism but because of their unique style, were branded a Cubist offshoot called Orphism. ... Woman with a guitar by Georges Braque, 1913 Cubism was an avant-garde art movement that revolutionised European painting and sculpture in the early 20th century. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... One of Kandiskys most famous paintings Yellow Red Blue (Kandinsky 1925) Abstract art is now generally understood to mean art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses shapes and colours in a non-representational or non-objective way. ...

Léger served in the military during World War I where he almost died after being the victim of a Mustard gas attack by the Germans. Following the war his "mechanical" period evolved, in which figures and objects are characterized by tubular, machinelike forms, began in 1917. Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... Chemical Structure of Mustard Gas Compound Mustard gas (HD) is a chemical compound that was first used as a chemical weapon in World War I. In pure form, it is a colourless, odourless, viscous liquid at room temperature and causes blistering of the skin. ... 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1935, the Museum of Modern Art in New York presented an exhibition of his work. Léger lived in the United States during World War II and returned to France in 1945. Before his passing, his varied projects included book illustrations, monumental figure paintings and murals, stained-glass windows, mosaics, polychrome ceramic sculptures, and set and costume designs. 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... General Electric GE90-115B fanblade, on display at MOMA. The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. ... 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Fernand Léger died at his home and is buried in the Cimetière de Gif-sur-Yvette, Essonne, France. Gif-sur-Yvette is a commune of the Essonne département, in France. ... The French département of Essonne is part of the région of Île-de-France. ...

In November of 2003, his painting, "La femme en rouge et vert" sold for US$22,407,500. His sculptures have been selling in excess of US$8 million.

In 1960 The Musée Fernand Léger was opened in Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region of France. 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Alpes_Maritimes is a département in the extreme southeast corner of France. ... Capital Marseilles Area 31,400 km² Regional President Michel Vauzelle ( PS) (since 1998) Population   - 2004 estimate   - 1999 census   - Density (Ranked 3rd) 4,666,000 4,506,151 149/km² (2004) Arrondissements 18 Cantons 237 Communes 963 Départements Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-Maritimes Bouches-du-Rhône Hautes-Alpes...