The world might be dancing to the hip-stirring melodies of the modern Pop music, but the young guns bother little about Pop art that forms the foundation of Pop philosophy. Pop art had its genesis when Fernand Leger, an erstwhile French painter, artist and filmmaker of the 19th and 20th century, adopted his own style of art that catered to the popular mass. Unlike other artists, who viewed art as a spiritual, intellectual and metaphysical form of communication through their radically distinctive illustrations, Ferdinend considered it as a form of entertainment that should me appealing to laymen as well.
Starting off as one of those metaphysical artists of 18th century, Ferdinand who created his own form of Cubism (an agente-garde revolution), gradually swayed away from complex subjects and adopted a more figurative, populist style of art. Thus, his deft in simplified representation of modern art made him the precursor of Pop art. Born in Argentan, Orne, Basse-Nomandie, Ferdinand belonged to a hapless family. Trained in architecture before moving to Paris, Ferdinand's passion for art inspired him to take painting as a career when he was 25. His art, though of popular nature, evoked his desire for simplicity. In fact, he vividly took over impressionism, as can be seen in his painting 'Le Jardin de ma mère' (My Mother's Garden).
However, his quest to rediscover the actual essence of human emotions connected to art, made him an avid traveler. He relocated to Paris, where he started practicing his major form of Cubism - evident in his painting 'Nudes in the Forest'.
Fernand Leger's life was full of experiences as he vagabonded almost half of Europe to gather the true diversity of art and its philosophies.
Starting off as one of those metaphysical artists of 18th century, Ferdinand who created his own form of Cubism (an agente-garde revolution), gradually swayed away from complex subjects and adopted a more figurative, populist style of art. Thus, his deft in simplified representation of modern art made him the precursor of Pop art. Born in Argentan, Orne, Basse-Nomandie, Ferdinand belonged to a hapless family. Trained in architecture before moving to Paris, Ferdinand's passion for art inspired him to take painting as a career when he was 25. His art, though of popular nature, evoked his desire for simplicity. In fact, he vividly took over impressionism, as can be seen in his painting 'Le Jardin de ma mère' (My Mother's Garden).
However, his quest to rediscover the actual essence of human emotions connected to art, made him an avid traveler. He relocated to Paris, where he started practicing his major form of Cubism - evident in his painting 'Nudes in the Forest'.
Fernand Leger's life was full of experiences as he vagabonded almost half of Europe to gather the true diversity of art and its philosophies.
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