Article: Father of Pop? Fernand Leger and his influence on American art: Philippe Buttner, curator of the exhibition 'Fernand Leger: Paris-New York', which opens this month at the Fondation Beyeler, Basel, discusses the crucial impact of America on Leger 's artistic development and considers the artist's influence in turn on a whole generation of American artists.

Article: Leger influenced pop-art generation
Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  July 13, 2008 ;     656 words ......his country, did not impress Fernand Leger as he watched from the deck...colossal spectacle in the world." Leger had arrived for his first of...Buettner, the exhibition presents Leger "as an artist whose work today...canvases, sketches and drawings by Leger jointly exhibited with 25 works...

Article: A New Look At Stolid Art of Leger
International Herald Tribune;  May 31, 1997 ;     638 words ......exhibition of some 220 works by Fernand Leger at the Pompidou Center to realize...42 years ago. Solid, stolid Leger (1881-1955) stood tall among...only son of a cattle dealer, Leger, as a schoolboy, never took...career in art. The typical Leger painting presents unmixed colors...

Article: Fernand Leger: painter of the Modern City.(includes related discussion questions and suggested activities for elementary, middle and high school classes)
School Arts;  May 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ...In The City, Fernand Leger paints the brilliance, excitement...attention. Cinematic Techniques Leger was greatly influenced by...surrounded by the city, Leger included his new idea of...Reduced to simplified shapes, Leger painted their flesh as if...depict a particular place. Leger ...

Article: LEGER SETS UP SHOP.(Brief Article)
WWD;  April 21, 2000 ;     670 words ...PARIS -- Herve Leger has come full circle. The designer has launched...moniker. At the suggestion of Karl Lagerfeld, Leger's new label will be Herve L. Leroux. Lagerfeld actually anointed Leger with his first trademarked name in 1985. Leger...

Article: Leger painting stolen by Nazis is returned to owner's heirs.(Go)
The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, Ontario);  October 31, 2008 ;     294 words ......sent a painting by cubist Fernand Leger back to the heirs of a Jewish...museum had owned the 1911 Leger painting Smoke Over Rooftops...his art back, but not the Leger, now worth about $2.8 million. The Leger was bequeathed to the institute...

Article: ART-USA: FERNAND LEGER'S AMERICAN SOJOURN RE-VISITED
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  April 30, 1998 ;     675 words ......IPS) -- When French painter Fernand Leger visited New York City in 1930...his experience in a survey of Leger's machine-inspired and yet sensuous work. The highlight of the Leger exhibit at the Museum of Modern...great anti-melodic intensity," Leger wrote in The Museum of Modern...

Article: MAINE'S LEGER CONTRIBUTES ON, OFF ICE
The Boston Globe;  February 27, 2000 ;     700+ words ...Jim Leger cares . . . for kids and causes. He cares...High School and Phillips Exeter Academy, Leger is a senior hockey captain at the University...herself or himself to others. On Feb. 12, Leger was one of two UMO student-athletes honored...

Article: Leger celebrates a new order.(The Home Forum)
The Christian Science Monitor;  November 14, 2001 ;     311 words ......Baluster, by French artist Fernand Leger, was immediately hung after...L'Esprit Nouveau, in which Leger's painting was hung, was Le...architectural space. And in 1925, Leger's ordered images, delighting...classicism. The central motif in Leger's The Baluster shows he associated...

Article: Designer is cut out of his own label Herve Leger ousted in Paris boardroom coup
Evening Standard - London;  April 20, 1999 ;     537 words ...FRENCH designer Herve Leger has been sacked from his own house of couture...company and, in a statement headed "Designer Herve Leger brutally fired", says he was "punished for being a nuisance". Leger may have been a comparatively new name in the...

Article: LEGER KEEPING CHIN UP WITH BOMBERS
Dayton Daily News;  March 6, 2003 ;     387 words ...Dayton begins southern swing FAIRBORN - Jim Leger has played for an NCAA champion and an...record shows this is a bad team on the ice," Leger said prior to a three-game Southern road...Johnstown, it's not like we beat Dayton 8-0." Leger stretched the truth a little. In eight...

Article: Leger's new horizon. (Herve Leger will market shoe collection in fall 1995)(Brief Article)
WWD;  March 16, 1995 ;     557 words ...PARIS - Herve Leger is feeling upbeat these days, despite the...the financial backing of Seagram's, what Leger sees on his horizon isn't just this season...nor is there any rush to launch a slew of Leger-labeled goods, but the designer is considering...

Article: St. Leger's map: Two ways to get to state
SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL);  June 4, 2009 ;     691 words ......When Joann Holverson watched how Bob St. Leger went about his business on the volleyball...prediction has proved to be dead-on. St. Leger, who graduated from Sandburg in 2000 and...better than doing it as a player," St. Leger said after the victory. "All the work and...

Article: Salt Lake-based Leger's Produce franchises, plans units in SLC, Murray, Ogden, Provo, Heber
The Enterprise;  March 27, 2000 ;     435 words ...Leger's Produce Inc., a local chain of sandwich shops, has begun...Explaining the new expansion strategy with a laugh, owner Ned Leger said, "We ran out of family," Currently, a son, Tony, and...grandchildren work part-time at the sandwich shops, making Leger's Produce a multi-generational, family-owned and ...

Article: Horse Racing: Value of the Leger defined by more than just money; This wonderful sport.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England);  September 5, 2006 ;     622 words ......point in pretending that Saturday's St Leger has the racing world agog with excitement...have, of course, been here before. The Leger has its critics and the old race has been...Guardian, Greg Wood made the case that the Leger's trip of 1m6f makes it an anachronism...