Copy painting & reproduction on canvas
Portrait of Nadia Léger - the Artist’s Wife (Léger)

This “Portrait of Nadia Léger” shows the artist’s wife, Nadia, reading. It is an example of Léger’s late style, where he returned to the human figure with a new clarity and simplicity. The portrait is defined by thick, flowing black outlines. Léger dissociates color from the drawing, applying large flat areas of primary colors (red, blue, yellow) that structure the composition independently of the form. Nadia’s face is treated in sections of white and red. It is a portrait that is both intimate and monumental, typical of his post-war art.