Moving Pictures: Fernand Leger

An early film from the Dada era: a collaboration between Fernand Leger and George Antheil. The music and film were not screened together until the 1990's.

 Fernand Leger, Ballet Mecanique (part 1), 1924 with music by George Antheil Fernand Leger, Ballet Mecanique (part 2), 1924 with music by George Antheil.

Below is a robotic musical performance of Antheil's music created with 16 player pianos, percussions, electric buzzers., etc.

Leger is best known for his paintings of mechanical people and is also associated with the Cubist and Futurist movements in art.

Image Credit: Fernand Leger, Mother and Child, Oil on canvas, 1921 - This image disappeared without a trace in 2008 from the Wellesley College's Davis Museum.