Banhistas de cezanne biography
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Bathers
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Title:Bathers
Artist:Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence)
Date:1874–75
Medium:Oil on canvas
Dimensions:15 x 18 1/8 in. (38.1 x 46 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Bequest of Joan Whitney Payson, 1975
Object Number:1976.201.12
[Ambroise Vollard, Paris, until 1897; by exchange with three other Cézannes for cash and "un tableau de Lautrec de chez Boussod (femme à la toilette)," on January 25, to Loeser]; Charles A. Loeser, Florence (1897–d. 1928); his wife, Olga Lebert Loeser, Florence (1928–d. 1947); their daughter, Matilda Loeser Calnan, Florence and Lausanne (1947–?1961); [?Bruscoli, Florence, from 1961]; M. Guidi, Lausanne (until 1963; sold in September for $105,000 to Knoedler and de Hauke); [Knoedler, New York, and De Hauke and Co., New York, 1963; Knoedler stock no. A8539; sold for $77,150 to C. D. H. Inc., Paris]; [Hector Brame, Pa
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Paul Cezanne, 'Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses)', about 1894-1905
Around 200 of Cezanne’s works depict male and kvinna nude bathers, either singly or in groups, in a landscape. The earliest dates from the 1870s. This large painting fryst vatten one of three pictures of female bathers that Cezanne worked on during the final decade of his life. The largest of all his paintings, they represent the culmination of his lifelong investigation of this subject and the climax of his entire career. They were hugely influential on early twentieth-century modern art, particularly Cubism, and had a lasting impact on Picasso and Matisse.
The precise dating of the pictures is difficult. It’s possible that Cezanne worked simultaneously on all three canvases, beginning in the mid-1890s and continuing until his death in 1906, as each shows evidence of reworking. The first of the three, possibly begun in 1895 and of a similar storlek to the National Gallery’s picture, is now in the Barnes Founda
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The Bathers (Cézanne)
Painting by Paul Cézanne
For other uses, see The Bathers.
The Bathers (French: Les Grandes Baigneuses) is an oil painting by French artist Paul Cézanne (1839–1906) first exhibited in 1906. The painting, which is exhibited in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, is the largest of a series of Bather paintings by Cézanne; the others are in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, National Gallery, London, the Barnes Foundation, Pennsylvania, and the Art Institute of Chicago.[1][2][3][4] Occasionally referred to as the Big Bathers or Large Bathers to distinguish it from the smaller works, the painting is considered one of the masterpieces of modern art,[2][5] and is often considered Cézanne's finest work.[6] The painting was featured in the 1980 BBC Two series 100 Great Paintings.
Cézanne worked on the painting for seven years, and it remained unfinished at the time of his