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Fernand Léger
French, 1881-1955
Le Village dans la forêt (The Village in the Forest), 1914
oil on burlap
support: 29 1/8 x 36 5/8 inches (73.98 x 93.03 cm); framed: 40 x 47 1/8 x 2 7/8 inches (101.6 x 119.7 x 7.3 cm)
Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Gift of A. Conger Goodyear, 1960
1960:4
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D. H. Kahnweiler, Paris (?);Léonce Rosenberg, Paris, until 1932;
to A. Conger Goodyear, New York;
presented by Goodyear to the Albright Art Gallery, 1960
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Information may change due to ongoing research.Glossary of Terms
Fernand Léger first met Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque in 1910 and eventually embraced his own interpretation of Cubism. The influence of Picasso and Braque’s work, as well as that of Paul Cézanne, can be seen in The Village in the Forest. Here, the sharp, angular planes of the houses and rounded contours of the treetops and their trunks are simplified rather than broken down and analyzed. These elements are further defined by black outlines and bright colors. Léger painted this work just prior to the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Following the artist’s return from his service in the army, his pictorial interests and themes changed significantly.
Label from Picasso: The Artist and His Models, November 5, 2016–February 19, 2017
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