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Fernand Léger

1881 - 1955

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Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (French: [fɛʁnɑ̃ leʒe]; February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his early works he created a personal form of cubism (known as "tubism") which he gradually modified into a more figurative, populist style. His boldly simplified treatment of modern subject matter has caused him to be regarded as a forerunner of pop art. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fernand Léger is the 150th most popular painter (down from 134th in 2019), the 482nd most popular biography from France (down from 421st in 2019) and the 42nd most popular French Painter.

Fernand Léger is most famous for his paintings and sculptures which depict a world of machines, factories, and the people who use them.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Fernand Léger ranks 150 out of 2,023. Before him are Lavinia Fontana, Antonello da Messina, Édouard-Henri Avril, Jean Fouquet, Jan Steen, and Frederic Leighton. After him are Filippino Lippi, William Hogarth, John Constable, Gentile Bellini, Robert Delaunay, and Robert Campin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Fernand Léger ranks 24. Before him are Guccio Gucci, Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, Hermann Staudinger, Ludwig von Mises, Hans Fischer, and Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist. After him are Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Alexei Rykov, Erwin von Witzleben, Asta Nielsen, Irving Langmuir, and Alcide De Gasperi. Among people deceased in 1955, Fernand Léger ranks 11. Before him are Dale Carnegie, José Ortega y Gasset, Arthur Honegger, Sadako Sasaki, James B. Sumner, and Alberto Ascari. After him are Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Helmuth Weidling, António Egas Moniz, Jim Corbett, Charlie Parker, and Paul Claudel.

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In France

Among people born in France, Fernand Léger ranks 482 out of 6,770. Before him are Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron (1799), Pytheas (-380), Louis Néel (1904), Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant (1852), Siméon Denis Poisson (1781), and Roger Vadim (1928). After him are Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Charles Nicolle (1866), Stephen, King of England (1095), André Masséna (1758), Philippe II, Duke of Orléans (1674), and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881).

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Among PAINTERS In France

Among painters born in France, Fernand Léger ranks 42. Before him are Jean Dubuffet (1901), André Derain (1880), Charles Le Brun (1619), Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824), Émile Bernard (1868), and Jean Fouquet (1420). After him are Robert Delaunay (1885), Robert Campin (1375), Frédéric Bazille (1841), Théodore Rousseau (1812), Paul Delaroche (1797), and Maurice de Vlaminck (1876).

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