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Paul Cézanne / The Bather

The Bather

1885 · Oil on canvas

A young man in swimming trunks strides through a shallow landscape, his solid, sculptural body standing out against the blue-green water and sky.

MuseumMMoMA
LocationNew York, United States
Genregenre art
Dimensions127 × 96.8 cm

Why it matters

A young man stands in a semi-abstract landscape. Instead of the traditional strong, heroic male body, Cézanne painted a fragile, anonymous figure, based on a photograph of a model in a studio.

Did you know?

  • It dates from around 1885.
  • It measures 127 × 96.8 cm.
  • It is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Based on the Dutch Wikipedia article De Bader (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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