Artist
Fernand Léger
Fernand Léger is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Fernand Léger turns everyday shapes into bold, graphic heroes. In "The King of Hearts" No. 25, he stacks flat colors and clean lines into a deck of playing cards that feels more like machinery than royalty. This 1949 print channels his long career of mixing human figures with mechanical parts, long before pop art borrowed the idea. Tap "The King of Hearts" to zoom in on the crisp edges and primary hues that make Léger’s style instantly recognizable.
Works by Fernand Léger
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.