Fernand Léger et le groupe Espace à Biot. Un terrain d’expérimentation pour une modernité critique by Diana Gay

“…During the summer 1954 at Biot (Alpes-Maritimes)), an original exhibition was organised by the Espace group, entitled ‘Architecture, Forms, Colour’. …”
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André Bruyère et la synthèse des arts : projet de Village polychrome avec Fernand Léger (1953) by Thomas Gluckin

“…In this context, in 1952 and 1953, two members of the group and longtime friends of André Bloc, the architect André Bruyère (1912-1998) and the painter Fernand Léger (1881-1955) were commissioned by a Brazilian media magnate, Francisco Assis de Chateaubriand (1892-1968), to design a housing-project called Village polychrome, a polychrome village to be located near Biot (Alpes-Maritimes). The project was intended to be a resort and a village for artists. …”
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