与此同时，在Fernand Léger的生活中
完整生平1936
The “Discussion on Realism”
In 1936, in the “Discussion on Realism”, Léger stresses his spiritual independence; he also exhibits at the Salon of Mural Art.
1936年8月1日–1936年9月15日
Took part in: D.O.O.D.
1937
Meeting Aalto in Helsinki
In 1937 Léger exhibits at the Artek gallery in Helsinki, where he meets Aalto. In November he gives a lecture in Antwerp, “Colour in the World”.
1940–1945
The war years in exile in the United States
In 1940–1945 Léger lives in exile in the United States. He teaches at Yale University, where Focillon, Milhaud and Maurois also teach, gives “Composition with Two Parrots” to the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and in the summer gives a course of lectures at Mills College (Oakland, California), where he organizes an exhibition of his paintings.
1940–1945
Broadway neon and bands of colour
During his American sojourn Léger begins making paintings in which freely arranged bands of colour are juxtaposed with figures and objects outlined in black. He credited the neon advertisements of Broadway as the source of this innovation: you talk to someone and he suddenly turns blue, then the colour fades, another one comes and turns him red or yellow.
1940–1945
A circle of refugees: Pierre Matisse and Father Couturier
In his years of exile Léger meets other refugee artists at Pierre Matisse's and forms a friendship with Father R. P. Couturier.
