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Fernand
Lèger - France
Ceramic
Plate/Charger
9-1/2" diameter
This
is a ceramic plate or small charger, bearing the artwork of
Fernand Lèger, important French modernist
painter and designer.
This design is from his "Acrobats" series
(1943-1948). Its use of heavy black outlines and flat,
pure color, is typical of Lèger's bold mature style.
See
Background, below.
Back
stamped with monk-and-mountain in shield, and SALINS
FRANCE.
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Background:
Fernand Lèger (1881-1955) was born in Normandy
and, as a young man, apprenticed to an architect. He later
trained at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs and the
Académie Julian. Early on he was associated with the
Cubists, and represented by the same dealer as Braque and
Picasso.
Gassed while serving in WW-I, after his discharge he became
friendly with Le Corbusier, showing in the latter's Pavilion
de l`Espirit Nouveau; later becoming associated with the
colorist, Robert Delaunay.
During WW-II, Lèger lived in the US, teaching at Yale
and Mills College (California). It was during this period
that he began his series of "Acrobat" paintings.
He was also very interested in ceramics and, returning to
France after the war, he opened a ceramics studio in 1949.
A small number of his designs were made into editions to
support the creation of the Lèger Museum in Biot,
France.
Mint
condition.
$
280. P-415-Tw
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