Fernand Léger
French, 1881–1955 · 1919
The Railway Crossing (Sketch)
Fernand Léger French, 1881–1955
The Railway Crossing (Sketch)
1919
Fernand Léger's 'The Railroad Crossing (Sketch)' ('Le Passage à niveau, esquisse', 1919) is a preparatory canvas for one of his major post-war 'mechanical' paintings. Bars, semaphores, and silhouettes fuse into a geometric diagram of industrial modernity. Oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago