In New York City the decade of the 1920s was a prosperous and carefree time for many people that featured an economic boom in regards to automobiles, radios, and telephones. It was a decade of change for many reasons and for Fernand Leger it was a decade of demobilization with the theme of the city. Leger used this time to focus on the city and make it the inspiration for his new line of paintings. He wanted people to embrace the industrial time and using it in his paintings gave the topic emphasis. In Fernand Legers painting, The Bridge of the Tug, he uses sharp, simple shapes to depict his view of New York in a way that is chaotic and machine like in order to encourage society to embrace the new industrial era. The industrial revolution happening in New York city …show more content…
The city was becoming more technologically advanced and people were finding new ways of constructing and using things. Leger decided to make a change in his work to go along with the changes that were happening in the city. He took the opportunity to use his paintings as a way to reflect what people are witnessing outside. There were more automobiles being purchased due to the advances in producing them and radios and telephones were now becoming a household device as people were becoming more interested in having what is new. There were many more buildings and structures being built in the city at the time so Leger was able to use the geometric structures to put in his paintings.
In The Bridge of the Tug, Leger would flatten what he saw in the city into shapes and forms that he would then organize onto a canvas