L’Étoile de mer
1936
A red, undulating form. Against planes of deep blue and yellow, the object floats. This is a depiction of a starfish, cast ashore on the beach.
Fernand Léger is often perceived as a painter of cold steel and machinery, an inorganic artist who even depicted humans like robots. Yet, in 1936, what he chose to portray was a remarkably soft "life."
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Joseph Fernand Henri Léger was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. In his…
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