Musee National Fernand Leger

Shortly before his death, Fernand Léger acquired a property in the hills above the village of Biot, the Mas Saint-André. After his passing, his widow, Nadia Léger, and his assistant and friend, Georges Bauquier, decided to build a museum there dedicated to the artist's work. They entrusted the project to the architect André Svetchine. The museum was inaugurated in 1960 and then transferred to the French state in 1969. Throughout the collections, contrasting forms and vibrant colors combine to evoke the rhythm of the machine, the poetry of objects, and the beauty of the modern metropolis. The 350 works exhibited at the museum include many of the artist's masterpieces, such as The Great Tugboat (1923), Mona Lisa with Keys (1930), Leisure on a Red Background (1949), The Builders (1950), and The Grand Parade on a Red Background (1954). The Léger Museum is one of the three national museums of the 20th century in the Alpes-Maritimes region, along with the Chagall Museum in Nice and the Picasso Museum in Vallauris.