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Fernand Léger (1881-1955)

Lot 115
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Lot 115 | Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
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Fernand Léger (1881-1955)

Gamins au soleil (recto); Maisons sur la côte corse (verso)

signé et daté ‘5.07 F. Leger’ (en bas à droite); inscrit 'gamins au soleil’ (au revers)

huile sur toile

70 x 100.3 cm.

Peint en mai 1907



signed and dated '5.07 F. Leger' (lower right), inscribed 'gamins au soleil' (on the reverse)

oil on canvas

27 ½ x 39 ½ in.

Painted in May 1907





Provenance

Collection Granier.

Vente, Me Blache, Versailles, 4 juin 1980, lot 86 (titré 'La Baignade, jeunes garçons sur une plage corse ou Gamins au soleil').

Sam Josefowitz, Pully (acquis au cours de cette vente).

Puis par descendance aux propriétaires actuels.



Literature

G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Vivre dans le vrai, Paris, 1987, p. 359, no. 26 (illustré en couleurs, p. 26).

G. Bauquier, Fernand Léger, Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre peint, 1903-1919, Paris, 1990, p. 29, no. 13 (illustré en couleurs).

F. Sorbier et J.-P. Chabot, Fernand Léger, Paris, 1997.



Exhibited

Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght et Munich, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung , Fernand Léger, Rétrospective, juillet 1988-janvier 1989, p. 197, no. 5 (illustré en couleurs, p. 27).

Milan, Palazzo Reale, Fernand Léger, novembre 1989-février 1990.



Further details

Considéré comme l’une des grandes figures de l’art moderne, l’œuvre de Fernand Léger couvre toute la première moitié du XXème siècle. Cependant, rien ne le prédestinait, lui, fils d’un éleveur de bœufs normand, à cette renommée. Après des études d'architecture à Caen, peu studieux mais bon dessinateur, il commence à travailler comme apprenti chez un architecte à Caen. À 19 ans, il monte à Paris et suit les cours du peintre Gérôme, à l’École des Beaux‑Arts.
L’année 1907, date à laquelle la présente œuvre fut peinte, marque pour le jeune homme un tournant décisif. Comme beaucoup d’autre, Léger fut fortement marqué par la rétrospective consacrée au maitre Cézanne au Salon d'Automne de 1907. Cette révélation le pousse à abandonner l'impressionnisme de ses premières œuvres et à s'imprégner du langage de l'avant-garde. Gamins au soleil, apparait dès lors comme l’une des dernières œuvres néo-impressionnistes réalisée par Léger, avant que celui-ci ne se tourne vers le cubisme et ne s’installe à la Ruche. C’est là, dans l’effervescence artistique de Montparnasse, qu’il se liera d’amitié avec Robert Delaunay, Marc Chagall, Blaise Cendrars…
À travers Gamins au soleil, on peut déjà apercevoir le caractère très construit des futures œuvres de l’artiste. Pour transcrire le dynamisme de son époque, il développe une peinture basée sur les contrastes de formes et de couleurs, clé de voûte de son esthétique qu'aucune évolution ultérieure ne remettra en cause.

Considered as one of the great pioneers of modern art, Fernand Léger's work spans over the first half of the 20th century. Yet no one could have predicted such a successful destiny, given he was the son of a Norman cattle breeder. After studying architecture in Caen (during which he was not very studious but was a good draughtsman) he began working as an apprentice for an architect in Caen. At the age of 19, he moved to Paris to study with the painter Gérôme at the École des Beaux-Arts.
The year 1907, when the present work was painted, marked a decisive turning point for the young man. Like many others, Léger was strongly influenced by the retrospective devoted to the master Cézanne at the Salon d'Automne in 1907. This revelation triggered him to abandon the impressionism of his early works and to immerse himself in the language of the avant-garde. Gamins au soleil was one of Léger's last neo-impressionist works, before he turned to Cubism and moved to La Ruche. It was in this artistic effervescence of Montparnasse, that he befriended with Robert Delaunay, Marc Chagall, Blaise Cendrars and others.
Gamins au soleil, already hints to the highly structured nature of the artist's future works. To convey the dynamism of his time, he developed a style of painting based on contrasts of form and colour, the keystone of his aesthetic that would never be questioned by later developments.
Artist:Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955)
Applied technique:Oil on canvas
Genre:Marine art
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