the builders with aloe fernand leger

the builders with aloe fernand legerWith The builders with aloe, Fernand Lger depicts the modern world of work, a central theme in his work. Close to Cubism in its geometric construction, he develops a personal language here in which human figures are integrated into an architecture of lines and metal structures. The subject of workers reflects his interest in industrialisation and the place of the body in a mechanical environment. The artist does not seek to individualise the workers,

The subtlety of the colours and the harmony of the composition

How does it work

a theme often explored in urban works

shrouded in soft half-light

he painted Marseille

thanks in particular to the support of André Breton and the Julien Levy gallery in New York

but to juxtapose colors

Subtly inspired by Ernest Hemingway's novella The Killers

a snail (symbolizing the slowness of the process)

In View of Delft

during his stay in Arles

contrasting with the sober tones of the surroundings