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Fernand Léger Biography
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1881 |
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Born: Argentan, France
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1903 |
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Ecole des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
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1905 |
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Academie Julian, Paris, France
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1909 |
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Ranked as one of the three major Cubists
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1911 |
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Became a member of the Puteaux group, France
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1955 |
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Awarded Grand Prix from the Biennale de Sao Paulo, Brazil
Died: Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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1960 |
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The Musee Fernand Leger was inaugurated in Biot, France
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Died: in Gif-sur-Yvette, France on August 17th
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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Haut en Couleurs,céramiques de Fernand Léger, Musée Fernand Léger, Biot, France (solo)
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2008
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Fernand Léger, El cubista afable, Fundacion Unicaja, Malaga, Spain (solo)
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2004
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Fernand Léger, peintures, Fondation Maeght, Saint Paul de Vence, France (solo)
Fernand Léger, choix de dessins de la collection du musée national Fernand Léger, Musée Cantini, Marseille, France (solo)
Fernand Léger, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon, France (solo)
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2003
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Fernand Léger, Fondation Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
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1998
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Fernand Léger, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
Frnand Léger, 1905-1930. Collection du Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, France (solo)
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1997
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Ojects of Desire: The Modern Still Life, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1990
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Rétrospective, Musée d'art moderne, Villeneuve d'Ascq, France (solo)
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1981
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La poésie de l'objet 1928-1934, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (solo)
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1956
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Rerospective, Msée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France (solo)
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1949
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XXV Biennale de Venise, Venice, Italy
Retrospective, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France (solo)
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1937
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Exposition Universelle, Paris, France
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1935
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Art Institute, Chicago, IL (solo)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1928
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Galerie Fleichteim, Berlin, Germany
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1925
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Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs, Arts Décoratifs, Paris, France
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1912
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Galerie Kahnweiler, Paris, France (solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX
Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Musée National Fernand Léger, Biot, France
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Bilbao Fine Arts Museum, Spain
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, France
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, Japan
Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid, Spain
Tate Gallery, London, UK
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain
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