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Born in the Argentan , Orne, Basse-Normandie Region of France, at age 19 Léger moved to the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris and supported himself as an architectural draftsman. His earliest known drawings were primarily influenced by Impressionism.

In 1911 he joined with several other artists to form the Puteaux Group, an offshoot of the Cubist movement. From then until 1914, Léger’s work became increasingly abstractAbstract art is now generally understood to mean art that does not depict objects in the natural world, but instead uses shapes and colours in a non-representational or non-objective way. In the early 20th century, the term was more often used to describe, and he started to limit his color to the primaries and black and white.

Léger served in the military during World War IWorld War I (also known as the First World War , the Great War the War of the Nations and the "War to End All Wars") was a world conflict occurring from 1914 to 1918. No previous conflict had mobilized so many soldiers, or involved so many in the field of where he almost died after being the victim of a Mustard gasMustard gas (HD) is a chemical compound that was first used as a chemical weapon in World War I. In pure form, it is a colourless, odourless, viscous liquid at room temperature and causes blistering of the skin. The name comes from impure mustard gas, whi attack by the GermansThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east. Following the war his "mechanical" period evolved, in which figures and objects are characterized by tubular, machinelike forms, began in 1917Events January 2 The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank. January 22 World War I: President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Europe. January 25 The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million January 25 Anti-.

In 1935Events January January 1 Italian colonies of Tripoli and Kyrenaika are joined together as Libya January 7 World War II: Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French foreign minister Pierre Laval conclude agreement in which each power undertakes not to oppo, the Museum of Modern ArtThe Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. The museum is often considered a rival to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. MoMA first opened to the public on November 7, 1929. Considered by many to have one o in New York presented an exhibition of his work. Léger lived in the United States during World War II and returned to France in 1945. Before his passing, his varied projects included book illustrations, monumental figure paintings and murals, stained-glass windows, mosaics, polychrome ceramic sculptures, and set and costume designs.

Fernand Léger died at his home and is buried in the Cimetière de Gif-sur-Yvette, Essonne, France.

In November of 2003, his painting, "La femme en rouge et vert" sold for US$22,407,500. His sculptures have been selling in excess of US$8 million.

In 1960 The Musée Fernand Léger was opened in Biot , Alpes-Maritimes, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region of France.