Why it matters
Nude bathers fill a landscape framed by trees that meet like a triangle over the river. The largest of Cézanne's Bathers, it is considered one of the masterpieces of modern art and often his finest work.
Did you know?
- He worked on it for seven years; it was unfinished when he died in 1906.
- It was bought in 1937 for $110,000.
- It was previously owned by Leo Stein.
- It is often compared with Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Bathers (Cézanne) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
