The Bathers
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The Bathers is a series of large-scale Post-Impressionist paintings by Paul Cézanne depicting groups of nude figures in stylized natural landscapes, considered pivotal in the development of modern art.
Observed surface forms (4)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Bathers (Barnes Foundation) | 2 |
| Bathers at Rest | 1 |
| Les Baigneuses (Paul Cézanne, posthumous exhibitions) | 1 |
| The Large Bathers by Paul Cézanne | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Post-Impressionist artwork
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painting series ⓘ |
| artForm | oil painting ⓘ |
| artHistoricalSignificance | pivotal in the development of modern art ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Paul Cézanne ⓘ |
| creatorBirthCountry | France ⓘ |
| creatorBirthPlace | Aix-en-Provence ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| depicts |
bathers
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natural landscape ⓘ nude figures ⓘ riverbank ⓘ trees ⓘ |
| formalConcern |
exploration of volume and structure
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rhythmic arrangement of figures ⓘ spatial ambiguity ⓘ |
| genre | Post-Impressionism ⓘ |
| hasPart |
The Bathers
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Bathers (Barnes Foundation)
Bathers (London) ⓘ Fairmount Park ⓘ
surface form:
Bathers (Philadelphia)
The Bathers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Bathers at Rest
The Large Bathers ⓘ |
| historicalContext | transition from Impressionism to modernism ⓘ |
| inCollection |
The Barnes Foundation
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surface form:
Barnes Foundation (for one major version)
National Gallery ⓘ
surface form:
National Gallery, London (for one major version)
Philadelphia Museum of Art ⓘ
surface form:
Philadelphia Museum of Art (for one major version)
|
| influenced |
Cubism
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Henri Matisse ⓘ Pablo Picasso ⓘ modern art ⓘ |
| mainSubject | groups of nude bathers in landscape ⓘ |
| movement | Post-Impressionism ⓘ |
| notableWorkInSeries |
The Bathers
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Bathers (Barnes Foundation)
The Large Bathers ⓘ
surface form:
The Large Bathers (National Gallery, London)
The Large Bathers ⓘ
surface form:
The Large Bathers (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
|
| period | late career of Paul Cézanne ⓘ |
| placeOfDevelopment |
Provence
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surface form:
Aix-en-Provence region
|
| relatedWork |
Mont Sainte-Victoire series
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The Card Players ⓘ |
| scale | large-scale compositions ⓘ |
| stylisticFeature |
emphasis on form over detail
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integration of figures with landscape ⓘ muted color harmonies ⓘ simplified geometric forms ⓘ structured composition ⓘ |
| theme |
human figure in nature
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timeless Arcadian landscape ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Bathers at Rest
this entity surface form:
Bathers (Barnes Foundation)
this entity surface form:
Les Baigneuses (Paul Cézanne, posthumous exhibitions)
this entity surface form:
The Large Bathers by Paul Cézanne
this entity surface form:
Bathers (Barnes Foundation)