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![Femme et nature morte [Woman and Still Life]](http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/collection/GMA 962.jpg)
- Fernand Léger
- Femme et nature morte [Woman and Still Life]
- 1921
- GMA 962
![Le Tronc d'arbre sur fond jaune [Tree Trunk on Yellow Ground]](http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/collection/GMA 2310.jpg)
- Fernand Léger
- Le Tronc d'arbre sur fond jaune [Tree Trunk on Yellow Ground]
- 1945
- GMA 2310
![Etude pour 'Les Constructeurs': l'équipe au repos [Study for 'The Constructors': The Team at Rest]](http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/collection/GMA 2845.jpg)
- Fernand Léger
- Etude pour 'Les Constructeurs': l'équipe au repos [Study for 'The Constructors': The Team at Rest]
- 1950
- GMA 2845
- After the War
![Le Profil à la corde: étude pour ‘Les Constructeurs’ [Man in Profile with Rope: Study for ‘The Constructors’]](http://www.nationalgalleries.org/media/4/collection/GMA 2955.jpg)
- Fernand Léger
- Le Profil à la corde: étude pour ‘Les Constructeurs’ [Man in Profile with Rope: Study for ‘The Constructors’]
- 1950 or 1951
- GMA 2955
Fernand Léger (French, 1881 - 1955)
Born in Normandy, Léger settled in Paris in 1902, where he was apprenticed to an architect. His first cubist paintings date from 1909. He was a major figure in the cubist movement, although his work featured bold tubular shapes instead of the fragmentation seen in the paintings of Picasso or Braque. After the First World War, Léger became fascinated with machinery and industrial forms. His work from the mid-1920s was increasingly stylized, using bold flat colours with strong outlines. Léger lived in America during the Second World War and was inspired by the dynamism and vitality of the country.
