In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
In the mid-late 1870s, Cézanne painted a series of small-format pictures of bathers in which he explored the different relationships between figures and the landscape. Here three bathers gather on a riverbank framed by two trees. Their bodies are intentionally awkward, with the pose of the hunched-over bather at left mirrored by the thick tree trunk next to her. Cézanne was more interested in the equilibrium of his carefully constructed composition than the conventional beauty of bathing females.
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Bathers in the Forest (Baigneuses da
Henri Matisse — Le Bonheur de vivre, also called The Joy of 
Paul Cezanne — The Battle of Love
Jules Pascin — Two Nudes–One Standing, One Sitting
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Resting in the Grass (Le Repos sur l
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Bathing Group
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Badende kvinner
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Bathers in the Forest (Baigneuses da
Pablo Picasso — Three Nudes (Trois nus)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Bathing Group
Paul Cezanne (French, 1839–1906) — The Bathers
Paul Cezanne (French, 1839–1906) — The Bathers (Large Plate)
