Artwork serves to show us different ways to look at the world. They sharpen our ability to understand and deal with new situations. A master of showing real world situations and ideas in his paintings is Fernand Leger. In Still Life with a Beer Mug Leger uses this technique to relay more than one way to look at the working class of 1920’s.
Born in France in 1881 Fernand Leger would grow up to be many things including a draughtsman, illustrator, printmaker, stage designer, filmmaker, ceramicist, and painter. In the first half of the 20th Century he was one of the most prominent artists in Paris. Around the 1910’s Leger was a part of the cubist movement, when he developed Still Life with a Beer Mug. Af
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