Fernand Leger Beyeler Lithograph

This Fernand Leger Beyeler Galerie lithograph is very unusual in this square format an original lithographic poster printed by Mourlot, Paris for an exhibition of Léger’s work at Galerie Beyeler, Basel.

Dimensions: 64.5 x 64 cm

Year: 1964

Printed: Mourlot, Paris

Condition: A

Comes with a certificate of provenance signed and dated

Born in Argentan, 1881, Léger began his career as an artist by serving an apprenticeship in architecture in Caen and then working as an architectural draughtsman. In 1900 he travelled to Paris and was admitted to the École des Arts Décoratifs, also attending the Académie Julian. The first profound influence on Léger’s work came from Cézanne and from 1909 Léger developed a Cubist style.

As a painter Fernand Léger exerted an enormous influence on the development of Cubism, Constructivism and the modern advertising poster as well as various forms of applied art. He also taught at Yale University and at Mills College in California from 1940 until 1945. Léger died near Paris in 1955.