Fernand Léger

French | 1881 - 1955

Fernand Léger was a French Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1881. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Kunstmuseum Bern and will be on exhibit at Berggruen Gallery in San Francisco on March 06, 2025. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Lower Belvedere have featured Fernand Léger's work in the past.Fernand Léger's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 1 USD to 70,062,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 70,062,500 USD for Contraste de formes, sold at Christie's New York in 2017. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 274,880 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 27,086 USD.Fernand Léger has been featured in articles for ARTFORUM, ARTnews and Studio International. The most recent article is Call It Orphism written for Two Coats of Paint in February 2025. The artist died in 1955.

Artist's alternative names: F. Léger, Fernand Leger, Joseph Fernand Henri Léger

Featured for Sale

[LÉGER Fernand] ,1952

By Fernand Léger

Binoche & Giquello

Contrastes

By Fernand Léger

Robinhood Auctions

The great circus parade

By Fernand Léger

TGP Auction

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At Auction

Notable Lots

Le Moteur

By Fernand Léger

+234%

above mid-estimate

Etude pour Les constructeurs, fond bleu - Fernand Léger

Etude pour Les constructeurs, fond bleu ,1950

By Fernand Léger

-6%

below mid-estimate

Contraste de formes ,1913

By Fernand Léger

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Upcoming Lots

La pompe ,1954

By Fernand Léger

Sotheby's London

Le coquillage ,1929

By Fernand Léger

Christie's London

L'Armistice ,1918

By Fernand Léger

Christie's London

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Post-Auction Lots for Sale

Les mains ,1950

By Fernand Léger

Van Ham Fine Art Auctions

The great circus parade

By Fernand Léger

TGP Auction

Cyclist and his bike

By Fernand Léger

TGP Auction

Recent Auction Results

Métropolitan from Les Illuminations

By Fernand Léger

+131%

above mid-estimate

Cowley Abbott (Consignor Canadian Fine Art)

Fernand Leger Les Constructeurs 1959 lithograph

By Fernand Léger

KCM Galleries

Tricolor dancer with tambourine - Fernand Léger

Tricolor dancer with tambourine ,1955

By Fernand Léger

-27%

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Yann le Mouel

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Current Exhibitions

Winter on Worth: Palm Beach 2025

Cavalier Gallery, New York (24th Str)

New York | USA

Jan 05,2025 - Mar 06,2025

De Masson a Plensa: Dibuixant una col·lecció IV

Galeria Marc Domenech

Barcelona | Spain

Feb 06,2025 - Mar 14,2025

Kahnweiler & Rupf. A friendship between Paris and Bern

Kunstmuseum Bern

Bern | Switzerland

Nov 22,2024 - Mar 23,2025

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Articles

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Coverage

“ ..A close look at Léger’s oeuvre reveals currents that could be compared to precepts characteristic of Surrealism... ”
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Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais

“ ..Léger’s work was heavily influenced by his surroundings and his experience of modern life... ”
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Tate Liverpool

“ ..While many of his colleagues abandoned painting in favor of merging art with modern life, Léger instead developed a profoundly reciprocal relationship between his ongoing pursuit of painting and his exploration... ”
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Philadelphia Museum of Art

“ ..Cirque represents a small subset within this genre, a specialty of Tériade’s, which brings together original images and an original text, both the work of Léger... ”
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Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon