The Fernand Léger Museum, French: Musée national Fernand Léger, is a French national museum in Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, in south-eastern France. It is dedicated to the work of the twentieth-century artist Fernand Léger. Although originally privately owned, it is now a state museum entitled to style itself Musée de France.

Fernand Léger Museum

Musée national Fernand Léger
Established	1960
Location	Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Coordinates	43.6222°N 7.1129°E / 43.6222; 7.1129
Type	art museum
Collection size	paintings, designs, ceramics, bronzes and tapestries of Fernand Léger.
Website	en.musees-nationaux-alpesmaritimes.fr/fleger

History

In 1955, Fernand Léger bought a villa in Biot, called Mas Saint-André, with the intention of installing polychrome ceramic sculptures in his garden, but died soon afterwards.[1] The museum was built on the property after the death of the artist in 1955 by Nadia Léger and Georges Bauquier [fr], to designs by the architect Andreï Svetchine; an earlier design by Paul Nelson had been rejected. Construction began in 1957, and the museum opened in 1960.[2] The gardens were designed by Henri Fish and contain sculptures based on Léger's work.[3]

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