Leger: The Search of a New Order

This book, co-published with the Fundacion Canal in Madrid, covers three series by Fernand Leger that attest to his original pictorial language, full of shapes and colours. On the one hand, it includes his works to illustrate the foundational essay of Cubism, signed by Albert Gleizes and Jean Metzinger. On the other, the lithographs with which he illustrated Rimbaud’s book Les Illuminations and, finally, more than fifty plates dedicated to the circus, a world of fun and freedom that fascinated him since he was a child. An essential volume to explore the search of a new order that was always among his obsessions. AUTHOR: Fernand Leger (France, 1881 - 1951) is one of the leading painters of the first half of the 20th century in Paris. His work is characterised by the use of an avant-garde language and the presence of architectural elements, the urban landscape, the iconography of the machine, geometric shapes, volumes and colours. At the beginning of Leger’s artistic career, he was influenced by impressionism and the work of Cezanne. Later he became interested in cubism, joining the Puteaux group. 77 images