“The Dancer” by Fernand Léger is a sketch and study belonging to the “Album X la ville” series. This artwork, created within the Naïve Art (Primitivism) movement, is currently housed at the Musée National Fernand Léger in Biot, France.
The artwork features a graceful figure of a dancer, depicted with an economy of strong, confident lines. The simplicity of the strokes captures the motion and elegance of the subject, who is shown with one arm raised and the other across the body, suggesting a state of balance and poise. The background consists of vertical streaks of varying opacity in hues of red, black, and white, providing depth and contrast to the central figure. This minimalist approach, combined with the expressive use of lines and colors, embodies Léger’s signature style and his exploration of movement and form.
