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The Bathers

Paul Cezanne (French, 1839–1906)

1899-1904

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About this work

Paul Cezanne set this idyllic view of a group of bathers in a frame of foliage. He rendered the ground, water, trees, and sky with patches of hatching that seem to register the energy he felt when painting. His primary concern, however, seems to have been striking a balance between the vigor of the bodies and the restfulness of the setting through individual poses and figure groupings—some invented, some likely derived from his other works depicting this subject.

Over the course of his career, Cezanne frequently revisited groups of bathers in nature. Through his multiple studies of the subject, he reconceived the classical motif of nudes outdoors in a modern style.

Medium
Oil on canvas
Original size
51.3 × 61.7 cm (20 3/16 × 24 1/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago · 1942.457 ↗
Museum record · 7 owners · 17 exhibitions

Provenance

  • Jacques Zoubaloff (1876-1941), Paris.
  • Sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, June16-17, 1927, lot 113.
  • Hessel, Paris.
  • Paul Rosenberg and Co., Paris, 1928.
  • Chester H. Johnson Gallery, Chicago.
  • Mrs. Robert R. McCormick (died 1939), Chicago by 1929.
  • Colonel Robert R. McCormick; given to the Art Institute, 1942.

Exhibitions

  • New York, Paul Rosenberg & Co. at Wildenstein Galleries, Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Paul Cezanne 1839-1906, January 1928.
  • New York, Museum of Modern Art, Summer Exhibition: Retrospective, June-September 1930.
  • Chicago, Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago, Exhibition of Modern French Paintings, January 22-February 2, 1929, no cat. The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1-November 1, 1933.
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, June 1-November 1, 1934.
  • The Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpiece of the Month, December 1943, no Art Museum, Paintings by Paul Cézanne, February 5-March 9, 1947.
  • Oberlin College, Exhibition, May 1950, no cat. The Art Institute of Chicago and New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cézanne, Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings: A Loan Exhibition, April 4-May 18, 1952.
  • Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, An Exhibition of Paintings by Cézanne, August 20-September 18, 1954, traveled to London, Tate Gallery, September 29-October 27, 1954.
  • Cleveland Museum of Art, Venetian Tradition, November, 1956-January, 1957, no cat. San Francisco Museum of Art, Man: Glory, Jest and Riddle: A Survey of the Human Form through the ages, November 10, 1964-January 3, 1965.
  • Washington, D.C., Phillips Collection, Cézanne Exhibition to Honor the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of the Phillips Collection, February 27-March 28, 1971, traveled to The Art Institute of Chicago, April 17-May 16, 1971 and Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, June 1-30, 1971.
  • New York, Museum of Modern Art, Cézanne: The Late Work, October 7, 1977-January 3, 1978, traveled to Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, January 25-March 21, 1977 and Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, April 20-July 23, 1978.
  • Liège, Musée Saint Georges, Cézanne, March 12-May 9, 1982, traveled to Aix-en-Provance, Musée Granet, June 12-August 31, 1982.
  • Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, The Impressionist Tradition: Masterpieces from the Art Institute of Chicago, October 18-December 17, 1985, traveled to Fukuoka Art Museum, January 5-February 2, 1986 and Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, March 4-April 13, 1986.
  • Basel, Kunstmuseum, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10 - December 10, 1989.
  • Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Cézanne, September 25, 1995-January 7, 1996; traveled to London, Tate Gallery, February 8-April 28, 1996 and Philadelphia Museum of Art, May 26-August 18, 1996.
  • Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, Cézanne in Provence, January 29–May 7, 2006; Aix-en-Provence, Musée Granet, June 9–September 7, 2006.
  • Fort Worth, Tex., Kimbell Museum of Art, The Impressionists: Master Paintings from the Art Institute of Chicago, June 29–November 2, 2008.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, Cezanne, May 15-Se, 2022; London, Tate, Oct. 5, 2022-Mar. 12, 2023.
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