the bather fernand legerIn The Bather, Fernand Lger moves away from the industrial world to return to a classic subject: the nude female figure. However, he does not seek to return to academic naturalism. The body is treated with a formal simplification inherited from Cubism, but softened by full, continuous volumes. The figure is not integrated into a detailed landscape; it is placed in an open space where attention is focused on the relationship between the human form and