Kubism
buried in Gif-sur-Yvette, Essonne.
Legacy
Léger wrote in 1945 that "the object in modern painting must become the main character and
overthrow the subject. If, in turn, the human form becomes an object, it can considerably
liberate possibilities for the modern artist." As he explained in a 1949 essay, by allowing the
object to replace the subject, "we were able to consider the human figure as a plastic value,
not as a sentimental value. That is why the human figure has remained willfully inexpressive
throughout the evolution of my work".[16] As the first painter to take as his idiom the imagery
of the machine age, and to make the objects of consumer society the subjects of his paintings,
Léger has been called a progenitor of Pop art.[17]
He was active as a teacher for many years. Among his pupils were Nadir Afonso, Robert
Colescott, Charlotte Gilbertson, Hananiah Harari, Asger Jorn, Beverly Pepper, Victor
Reinganum, Marcel Mouly and George L. K. Morris.
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