# Paysage 48

- By: Fernand Léger (Argentan, 1881–1955)
- Date: 1948
- Medium: paper
- Classification: print
- Dimensions: height 560 mm x width 438 mm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the F.G. Waller-Fonds
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-P-1951-571--a4dbee2862d8f3ca912f7f16be8247b4)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/XbkVm/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

‘Fernand Léger said: “the less colour I use, the more difficult it is.” Only now do I \[Bruna\] realize how true this remark is.’ The challenge lay in harmonizing the weight of the lines and the form with the colour. The pronounced outlines found their way into the fuzzy or burred line of Miffy, as well as Bruna’s book covers and posters. In this respect, both Léger and Matisse served as sources of inspiration