Léger, Ferdinand (French artist)

Léger, Ferdinand. French artist (1881-1955).

Described in the Encyclopaedia Britannica (1974) Micropaedia entry for him as a "painter, deeply influenced by modern industrial technology, who developed 'machine art,' or a style characterized by monumental mechanistic forms in bold colours arranged in highly disciplined compositions" (VI.124). See in this Category, Judi Freeman entry; see under Drama, BALLET MÉCHANIQUE.