Woman with a Vase
Fernand Léger (French, 1881–1955)
1924
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Classification
- Painting
- Dimensions
- height 92 cm, width 65 cm, height 93.2 cm, width 66 cm
- Culture
- French
- Museum
- SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark: SMK waives its rights in this photograph, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the SMK – National Gallery of Denmark
About this work
A woman carrying a red vase is depicted from the front with a linear precision that imbues the image with a classical, monumental feel. The face is empty, the body stiff and divided into parts. The woman’s dress has the shape of a sturdy Doric column. The simple palette consists exclusive¬ly of blue, red, white, and black against a light grey background. After World War I a Neo-Classicist trend permeated the Paris scene. In the aftermath of the trauma of war many artists, among these Picasso and Laurens, harked back to classical stylistic features to provide visionary images of a new era of cohesion, order, and social harmony.
