BP#4

This painting is called "Three Women" is by Fernand leger. Fernand painted three women nude in a chic apartment drinking tea or coffee post World War I. This painting is very much representational and abstract art. Fernand painted this because it's what he hoped the future. The colors he used are mainly warm colors, and its very thought provoking to me because he painted this around those very dark days and he didn't used them a lot in the painting. I feel as though it may of taken a lot courage for him to paint this. He also didn't paint that women the way anyone would expect, usually woman are painted more as objects and a sexualized. he painted them in a more geometric shape, rounded and dislocated forms and they are not as soft but are buffed and polished. I feel as though he painted into his image that he wanted for the future. He wanted them to appear more as an equal, the woman on the far right has a book on her lap, and during the times of war, women had taken the place of men in factories and at the same time take care of there families while the men were at war. Fernand Leger's idea i feel is similar to what Berger wrote on Ways of Seeing, "She is not as naked as she is. She is naked as the spectator sees her." We only see what we want to. In this case we would only believe what we choose to. Fernand believed that art and machines can change the world. he also wanted to believe that woman can also be our equals in that world. Today, Fernand that dream is not as near to fruition as you wanted but maybe one day.