The Bathers by Paul Cézanne - 1899–1904 - 51.3 × 61.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago The Bathers by Paul Cézanne - 1899–1904 - 51.3 × 61.7 cm Art Institute of Chicago

The Bathers

oil on canvas • 51.3 × 61.7 cm
  • Paul Cézanne - January 19, 1839 - October 22, 1906 Paul Cézanne 1899–1904

Today it is the last day of August; it is time for something cheerful and summerish, to remember during the next Autumn months.  :)

Paul Cézanne, the artist without whom Cubism would never be born, worked on the classic-for-art-history theme of The Bathers for seven years. Though clearly related to the works of Rubens or Titian, The Bathers is not a study for either of the monumental canvases of bather subjects that the artist left unfinished at his death; rather, it is an independent, exploratory work painted with a spritelier touch. For all its compositional complexity, it retains the lightness of a watercolor, with thin parallel strokes and dashes and areas of white-primed canvas showing through the paint. The most famous version, known as The Great Bathers is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art; today we present the one from the Art Institute of Chicago. 

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