Why it matters
Two nude women lie in the foreground and three bathers play in the background in the garden of Renoir's house at Cagnes-sur-Mer. One of the models, Andrée Hessling, became the first wife of his son Jean.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1918–1919.
- Renoir's three sons gave it to the state in 1923.
- Renoir removed any reference to the contemporary world.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Bathers (Renoir) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
