In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
A group of nude figures gathers around a pool in a forest. The theme of bathers in nature originated in the Renaissance, traditionally showing idealized female bodies in harmony with the landscape. Yet Cézanne disturbs this easy relationship in this small canvas. Space is hard to read. And while he derived many of the figures' poses from classical statuary, their bodies are obscure—most are androgynous and/or engulfed in the foliage.
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Paul Cezanne — The Battle of Love
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Picnic (Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Bathers in the Forest (Baigneuses da
Henri Matisse — Le Bonheur de vivre, also called The Joy of 
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Resting in the Grass (Le Repos sur l
Jules Pascin — Two Nudes–One Standing, One Sitting
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Bathing Group
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Bathing Group
Paul Cezanne (French, 1839–1906) — The Bathers
Franz Marc — bathing girls
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Bathers in the Forest (Baigneuses da
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Badende kvinner
