F. Léger
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  alternate name: Kübizm--Fransa--Kataloglar
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  alternate name: Cubism--France--Catalogs
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  alternate name: 1905-1955
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abstract: The French painter Fernand Léger (1881-1955) was associated with the Cubism of Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque during the early years of his career. He did not always fit comfortably within that classification, however, and after serving as an army engineer during World War I, he became fascinated by the mechanical inventions that were changing the course of modern life. Many artists came away from the war embittered by what they had seen of mechanized combat--of such powerful new engines of destruction as the machine gun and the tank--but Leger learned a different lesson. To him, the war instead proved that it was imperative to "humanize" the Machine Age and show its more positive effects on society.--From publisher description.
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/310183656
language: eng
language: spa
name: Léger
subject of: Statement
  additional type: http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300435416
  text: Includes translation
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