1881 — 1955

Nationality: France

Fernand Léger was a major French avant-garde painter, associated with Cubism and later with a modern aesthetic inspired by the machine age and the city. He developed an unmistakable style built on tubular forms, simplified volumes, and rhythmic compositions, in which the human figure becomes a plastic value rather than a psychological subject. Working across painting, murals, and applied arts, he left a lasting imprint on 20th-century art.