Beyeler – Fernand Léger
There’s an exhibition of the works of Fernand Léger at the Beyeler Foundation in Basel at the moment.
Léger was a famous French Artist of great significance to the American Pop Art movement. See also Europop for other European influences on the genre.
Many of the works feature recurring themes, such as groups of figures and the holding of flowers, see above.
In order to shed light on how American art was influenced by Léger, there are also a series of works by artists such as Lichtenstein and Warhol.
The exhibition starts with his Cubist period, and I must confess to not loving this as much as some of the later, industrial and big-city work.
The exhibition is well worth a trip, and the building itself simply fabulous. Don’t miss the Monet Water Lilies, displayed in a room with a lily pond running up to the floor to ceiling window. Magic.
The exhibition runs until September 7 2008.
Photo Flickr jasalinas
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