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Pioneer of cubism.
Fernand Léger
French painter
Joseph Fernand Henri Léger (French:[fɛʁnɑ̃leʒe]; 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.
Biography
Léger was born in Argentan, Orne, Lower Normandy, where his father raised cattle.
Artist biography website
Fernand Léger initially trained as an architect from 1897 to 1899, before moving in 1900 to Paris, where he supported himself as an architectural draftsman. After military service in Versailles, Yvelines, in 1902–1903, he enrolled at the School of Decorative Arts after his application to the École des Beaux-Arts was rejected.
He nevertheless attended the Beaux-Arts as a non-enrolled student, spending what he described as "three empty and useless years" studying