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[A href='https://WahooArt.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Query=pierre+auguste+renoir,pierre,auguste,renoir&']Pierre-Auguste Renoir[/A] 's [A href='https://WahooArt.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Query=the+great+bathers,great,bathers&']The Great Bathers[/A] is a seminal oil painting on canvas created between 1918 and 1919, representing the culmination of his late period. This artwork embodies Renoir's fascination with depicting the female form in harmony with nature.
[H2]Renoir's Late Period[/H2]
During his late work period (1892–1919), Renoir focused on creating paintings that celebrated a timeless view of nature, devoid of any reference to the contemporary world. [A href='https://WahooArt.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Query=the+great+bathers,great,bathers&']The Great Bathers[/A] is emblematic of this experimentation and can be regarded as Renoir's pictorial testament, as he passed away in December 1919.
[H2]Musée d'Orsay[/H2]
The painting is currently housed at the [A href='https://WahooArt.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Query=musée+d+orsay,musée,orsay&']Musée d'Orsay[/A] in Paris. This museum exhibits mainly French art dating from 1848 to 1914, including paintings, sculptures, furniture, and photography.
[H2]The Painting's Composition[/H2]
The painting features two groups of naked women: two models lying in the foreground and three bathers in the background, located on the right side. One of the models is Andrée Hessling, who later became the first wife of Renoir's son, Jean. The natural setting displayed in the painting was inspired by the large garden of Renoir's property at Cagnes-sur-Mer.
[H2]Artistic Influences[/H2]
The [A href='https://WahooArt.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Query=the+great+bathers,great,bathers&']The Great Bathers[/A] owes a great deal to the nudes painted by Titian and Rubens, whom Renoir greatly admired. The painting expresses a pleasure in painting that was not dampened by the illness and suffering Renoir endured in his last years.
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Painting Information: The Bathers (French: Les Baigneuses) is an oil painting on canvas made between 1918 and 1919 by the French painter [A href='https://WahooArt.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Query=pierre+auguste+renoir,pierre,auguste,renoir&']Pierre-Auguste Renoir[/A] . After being given to the State by his three sons in 1923, it is currently kept at the [A href='https://WahooArt.com/Art.nsf/Art_EN?Open&Query=musée+d+orsay,musée,orsay&']Musée d'Orsay[/A] in Paris.
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