Functions of Painting (The Documents of 20th-century art)

Léger, Fernand

Viking Press

Functions of Painting (The Documents of 20th Century Art)

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

VIKING

Fernand Lager is the only major modern artist to choose modernity itself as his subject. From his early series Contrastes de formes of 1913-14--the first fully abstract works to emerge from Cubism--through his paintings of construction workers from the late 1940s and early 1950s, his enduring subject was the pulse and dynamism of everyday life. Lager saw the 20th century environment as a "state of contrasts," a condition that he translated into art through forceful juxtaposition of shape, color, and line. His attempt to reconcile the formal concerns of artmaking with issues of social responsibility continues to be relevant to the art world of today. Accompanying texts recount Lager's experience of and interest in America and America's interest in him; explore refractions of Lager's interests in the work of more recent artists; and discuss Lager's ambition to make an art reflecting the "new visual state" of modern life. An illustrated chronology tells the story of the artist's life, focusing on his time in America, the plate section is complemented by a series of short essays tracing the formal and thematic developments in his art, and a selected bibliography and detailed exhibition history complete the book.This book was published to accompany the 1998 retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Fernand Leger

Arts & Photography

Affron, Matthew

Hauptman, Jodi

Lanchner, Carolyn

Individual Artists

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Fernand Lager is the only major modern artist to choose modernity itself as his subject. From his early series Contrastes de formes of 1913-14--the first fully abstract works to emerge from Cubism--through his paintings of construction workers from the late 1940s and early 1950s, his enduring subject was the pulse and dynamism of everyday life. Lager saw the 20th century environment as a "state of contrasts," a condition that he translated into art through forceful juxtaposition of shape, color, and line. His attempt to reconcile the formal concerns of artmaking with issues of social responsibility continues to be relevant to the art world of today. Accompanying texts recount Lager's experience of and interest in America and America's interest in him; explore refractions of Lager's interests in the work of more recent artists; and discuss Lager's ambition to make an art reflecting the "new visual state" of modern life. An illustrated chronology tells the story of the artist's life, focusing on his time in America, the plate section is complemented by a series of short essays tracing the formal and thematic developments in his art, and a selected bibliography and detailed exhibition history complete the book.This book was published to accompany the 1998 retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Exhibition, February 28 To April 29, 1962.

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History & Criticism

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Fonctions de la peinture

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Essays & Correspondence

Фоліо

Fernand Léger et le spectacle: 30 juin-2 octobre 1995, musée national Fernand Léger, Biot, Alpes-Maritimes (French Edition)

Reunion des musees nationaux

FAGE

Fernand Leger: Gouachen Aquarelle Zeichnungen (German Edition)

G. Hatje

Fernand Léger 1911-1924: Der Rhythmus des modernen Lebens (German Edition)

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