Léger, Fernand (1881-1955), French painter, who influenced cubism, constructivism, and the modern commercial poster and other types of applied art. Born in Argentan, France, he served a two-year architecture apprenticeship in Caen, France, and later studied unofficially under two professors at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. Beginning in 1910 he was a prominent exhibitor and member of the Salon des Indépendants. Most of his early pictures were cubist in character, as in …showed first 75 words of 345 total…

…showed last 75 words of 345 total…York City), one of his last paintings, is a monumental example of this original style. Women in an Interior Women in an Interior (1921) by French painter Fernand Léger demonstrates the belief of the artist and other members of the cubist movement that geometric shapes such as the cube, the sphere, and the cone underlie everything found in nature. ‘Women in an Interior’ is in the ‘Musée National d’Art Moderne’ in Paris, France.