The Painter Fernand Leger

Although, in the three-dimensional movement, Fernand Leger is undoubtedly key figure of the genre, no matter he's portrait painting in the theme or image are closely linked with the modern industrial civilization.
Leger (Fernand Leger ,1885-1955) was born in Argenteuil,he had done construction apprentices when he was young. He went to Paris in 1900,had been a construction draftsman,and worked in a studio retouching photos. In 1903, he entered the Institute of Decorative Arts, began its career to study painting. At first he was learning style Impressionism and Fauvism, 1907, in Paris,After he aw Cezanne retrospective of works ,he was great shocked and inspired, with the following rising Cubism, the style has completely changed. He "discovered the significance of Paul Cezanne,he was affected by Cezanne, he Greatly simplifed the shape of their portrait painting, the images are expressed as a combination of tilting barrel or tube, so that made it look like a mechanical assembly. Even if for the figures, he also painted the same machine as stiff and hard.
Leger became a engineer during World War II, became a engineer. This experience affected his later portrait painting style. He recalled: "I was in a suddenly dazzling and novelty of the reality. ... ...my new companions in the machinery are miners, road-works, iron works and wood factory worker, I found the French people among them. At the same time, I was confused by 75 mm guns without shelter in the sun: the silver-white metal shines the light on the magic. that's enough to make me forget the abstract art in 1912-13. "leger artist did not walk on the road toward the abstract as factions, but turned to the depiction of real life. He enthusiastically showed that mechanical face which contacted with modern civilization,and the performance of those of ordinary workers.
Leger huge portrait painting "Three Women", which reflected his artistic pursuit. The painting showedthree modern women's image as its monumental size. They seem indifferent look, there is no personality, and is staring the audience motionless. Here, Léger seems not to be interested in sports, and bent on the pursuit of a static picture effect. The image of the painting are all fixed, as if even the air froze. The image of the three women can not help us think of some goddess in the Western traditional painting. Perhaps Leger is like to take the traditional hot motif to symbolize the modern: the goddess of industrial society.
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