The Large Bathers
1906
Paul Cézanne spent the last seven years of his life obsessed with this scene, working on it right up until his death in 1906. Notice how the trees lean in to form a giant cathedral arch? He was trying to make Impressionism 'solid and durable,' blending the human figures into the landscape like living sculptures. This specific composition blew the minds of Picasso and Matisse, essentially acting as the bridge between 19th-century art and the birth of Cubism.
- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Material
- Canvas
- Dimensions
- 208 cm × 249 cm
Location: Philadelphia Museum of Art
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