Bathers
circa 1900
Paul Cézanne was absolutely obsessed with bathers, creating over 200 works on this single theme throughout his life! This vibrant study captures a standing nude figure with arms raised, possibly drying their hair, surrounded by loose, energetic splashes of blue and yellow paint. You can see another smaller figure seated nearby, hinting at the complex compositions he was constantly reworking. Cézanne famously struggled to paint figures from life, often relying on memory, which gives his bathers this timeless, almost sculptural quality that directly paved the way for Cubism.
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