Fernand Léger National Museum

The Fernand Léger National Museum (French: Musée national Fernand Léger) is a museum in Biot, Alpes-Maritimes, in south-eastern France, 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 National 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	musees-nationaux-alpesmaritimes.fr/fleger/en

Sculpture in the gardens of the museum

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, 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]