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Fernand Léger

French painter1881 to 1955

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Alma del Banco
born 1862
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Hilda Heyman
born 1872
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Anita Rée
born 1885
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Tarsila do Amaral
born 1886
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Elna Bendixsen
born 1887
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Charlotte Wankel
born 1888
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Gustav Sundin
born 1888
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Sigrid Wahlström
born 1888
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Charles Portin
born 1889
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Ragnhild Kaarbø
born 1889
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Ruth Reeves
born 1892
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Anne Marie Telmányi
born 1893
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Florence Henri
born 1893
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Donald Deskey
born 1894
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Ulla Haakø
born 1897
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Anna Klindt Sørensen
born 1899
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Elsa Lystad
born 1899
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Franciska Clausen
born 1899
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Bengt Österblom
born 1903
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Vera Meyerson
born 1903
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Yen Shui-long
born 1903
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Zoia Korvin-Krukovsky
born 1903
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Rita Kernn-Larsen
born 1904
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George Lovett Kingsland Morris
born 1905
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Nurullah Berk
born 1906
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born 1906
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Frances Baldwin
born 1907
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Hope Manchester
born 1907
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Louise Rösler
born 1907
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Börje Såndberg
born 1908
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Helge Refn
born 1908
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Paul Ackerman
born 1908
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Erik Öhlin
born 1909
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Ebba Thulin-Langaard
born 1911
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Olle Bærtling
born 1911
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Roland Brice
born 1911
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Gordon Onslow Ford
born 1912
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Hananiah Harari
born 1912
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Miné Okubo
born 1912
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Robert Hancock
born 1912
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Asger Jorn
born 1914
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Bent von Müllen
born 1914
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Ole Høst
born 1915
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Rosa Linnala
born 1917
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Varaz Samuelian
born 1917
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Byron Goto
born 1919
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Chris K. Ishii
born 1919
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Kelly Williams
born 1919
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Lygia Clark
born 1920
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Gunnel Heineman
born 1921
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Georg Suttner
born 1922
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Björn Berg
born 1923
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Henri Ginet
born 1923
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Tonia Cariffa
born 1924
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Bengt Lindström
born 1925
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Walter Peregoy
born 1925
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Claude de Soria
born 1926
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Epi Schlüsselberger
born 1926
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Pierre Faniest
born 1926
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Bengt Olson
born 1930
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Elisabeth Strokirk Budrys
born 1930
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Joël Baudouin
born 1930
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Theo Stavropoulos
born 1930
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Mati Klarwein
born 1932
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born 1932

Education and career2

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undated
Académie Julian
studied
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École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
studied

At a glance

known as: painter, film director, sculptor, scenographer, costume designer, designer, teacher, graphic artist, architectural drafter, illustrator, printmaker, filmmaker, ceramicist, draftsperson, artist, cinematographer, fresco painter, mosaicist, lithographer, theatre designer, carpets designer, muralist, producer, director, screenwriter
fields: painting, art of sculpture, cinematography
member of: American Abstract Artists, Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten
notable works: Composition of three figures, The Alarm Clock
Wikipedia: in 54 languages

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identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaFernand Léger
stated by WikidataWikidataQ157183
stated by WikidataVIAF34459370
stated by WikidataGND118570994
stated by WikidataIdRef027383458
stated by WikidataISNI0000000121272310

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Read on 22 October 2026. A citation names the day the record was read, not a version.

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@misc{academicancestry_Q157183,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Fernand Léger: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q157183},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Fernand Léger: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q157183