Leger (Noun)
Meaning 1
French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Fernand Léger was a French painter who was an early cubist, known for his bold and colorful works of art.
- The Museum of Modern Art in New York City has an impressive collection of paintings by Fernand Léger.
- Léger's artistic style was influenced by his experiences as a stretcher-bearer during World War I.
- In the 1920s, Léger began to experiment with film, collaborating with the director Dudley Murphy on the film Ballet Mécanique.
- Léger's paintings often featured everyday objects and people, such as construction workers and farmers, in bold and abstracted forms.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
A record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books".
Classification
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.