Five Bathers (Cinq baigneuses)

Discussion

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 five bathers gather on a grassy knoll, framed by two trees in a stage-like presentation. Their poses draw from ancient Greek sculpture and other art historical traditions. The figures seem cut and pasted into the scene, as if Cézanne were toying with the conventions of Western art.

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