Copy painting on canvas of the artwork
Still Life (Léger)

This “Still Life” by Fernand Léger, from his Purist period, is an orderly and stable composition. It depicts a table on which various objects are placed: a vase with large green leaves, an open book, a mortar and pestle, and a bowl of fruit. The background is a geometric abstraction of a window. Léger applies the principles of Purism, reducing objects to their essential and stable geometric forms. The colors are applied in clean flat areas—blue, black, white, ochre, red—creating visual balance. It is a celebration of order and clarity in the world of everyday objects.