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A biography of the artist is Robert L. Delevoy, Léger: Biographical and Critical Study (1962; originally published in French, 1962). Other major sources include Werner Schmalenbach, Fernand Léger, trans. from German (1976); Fernand Leger (1982), an exhibition catalog with essays by Robert T. Buck, Edward F. Fry, and Charlotta Kotik; Peter De Francia, Fernand Léger (1983); and Carolyn Lanchner et al., Fernand Léger (1998), an extensive catalog for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Serge Fauchereau, Fernand Léger: A Painter in the City (1994), collects the artist’s most influential work. Specific aspects of the artist’s career are discussed in Jean Cassou and Jean Leymarie, Fernand Léger: Drawings and Gouaches (1973); and Christopher Green, Leger and the Avant-Garde (1976).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Anniversary information added. | Jan 31, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 13, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 21, 2024 | ||
| Modified title of Web site: Guggenheim - Biography of Fernand L�ger. | Dec 06, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza - Biography of Fernand L�ger. | Jan 30, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Artnet - Biography of Fernand L�ger. | Jan 30, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: ART UK - Biography of Fernand L�ger. | Dec 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Athenaeum - Fernand L�ger - Artworks. | Dec 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Guggenheim - Biography of Fernand L�ger. | Jun 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Art UK - Biography of Fernand L�ger. | Jun 20, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Art Story - Biography of Fernand L�ger. | Jan 30, 2013 | ||
| Added new Web site: Museum of Modern Art, New York City - Fernand Leger Exhibit. | Jun 18, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Apr 22, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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