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The Large Bathers
1884 - 1887
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
Although this painting depicts a fleeting moment when one bather playfully threatens to splash a companion, it has a timeless, monumental quality. The sculptural rendering of the figures against a shimmering landscape and the careful application of dry paint reflect the tradition of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French painting. Renoir--in an attempt to reconcile this tradition with modern painting--labored over this work for three years, making numerous preparatory drawings for individual figures and at least two full-scale, multifigure drawings. Faced with criticism of his new style after completing The Large Bathers, an exhausted Renoir never again devoted such painstaking effort to a single work.
painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Museum: Philadelphia Museum of Art)
Although this painting depicts a fleeting moment when one bather playfully threatens to splash a companion, it has a timeless, monumental quality. The sculptural rendering of the figures against a shimmering landscape and the careful application of dry paint reflect the tradition of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French painting. Renoir--in an attempt to reconcile this tradition with modern painting--labored over this work for three years, making numerous preparatory drawings for individual figures and at least two full-scale, multifigure drawings. Faced with criticism of his new style after completing The Large Bathers, an exhausted Renoir never again devoted such painstaking effort to a single work.
painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Museum: Philadelphia Museum of Art)
- Size:
- 117.8 x 170.8 cm (46 3/8 x 67 1/4 inches)
- Medium:
- Oil on Canvas
- License:
- Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
- For more:
- http://www.philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/59196.html
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