Painting reproduction handmade of the artwork
Country Outing 1 (Léger)

“Country Outing 1”, better known as “Leisure - Homage to Louis David”, is a major work from Fernand Léger’s post-war period. It celebrates the working class’s achievement of leisure time and paid holidays. The scene depicts a group of people relaxing outdoors. The figures are robust, monumental, drawn with thick black outlines. Léger uses a bright, bold color palette—yellow, red, blue, green—applied in large flat areas, often dissociated from the drawing. The composition is highly structured, almost static, giving the figures a classical dignity. A man in a yellow suit, a reclining woman, a dog, and a car make up this picture of modern life. It is an optimistic vision of society.