The Large Bathers
Artist: Paul Cézanne
Year Composed: 1898
Artistic Movement: Post-Impressionism
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: First Garden
Year Composed: 1898
Artistic Movement: Post-Impressionism
Nationality: France
Floor Found in Château: First Garden
About the Artwork
The Large Bathers is part of a series of paintings of the same representation by Paul Cézanne. These renditions can be found within museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York, United States of America), the National Gallery (London, United Kingdom), the Art Institute of Chicago Building (Chicago, Illinois, United States of America), and this version at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America). Within each painting, Cézanne's goal was to move away from cultural trends and tendencies, creating a series of paintings that would be viewed and admired no matter the generation. For the most part, the painting appears symmetrical in nature as viewers can see the brushstrokes that create the trees and sky that frame the group of bathing women.
About the Artist
Paul Cézanne led the art world through the turn of the 19th Century into the 20th Century (or from the 1800s into the 1900s). He used the painterly, expressive brushstrokes from the Impressionist style while incorporating his use of color to highlight specific figures, motifs, or symbolism within the scenes. Cézanne was influenced by geometric spacing within his compositions, allowing shapes and the formation of his figures and objects to form unique motifs in addition to his color palette. Some of his more impressive works of art include The Large Bathers (1898), his Château Noir (1904), and The Basket of Apples (1895), all which are paintings to be collected within the Hall of the Art Thieves.
About the Movement
The Large Bathers was composed in Post-Impressionist Age of art. As a subset of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was mostly a French movement toward the end of the 19th Century (or the latter decades in the 1800s). As a way to counter the Impressionist use of naturalism in their light and color, Post-Impressionist artists used a more abstract color palette, where the colors were more symbolic than natural. Some of the most famous Post-Impressionist artists included Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh.
Location of Original Work of Art: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
The Large Bathers is part of a series of paintings of the same representation by Paul Cézanne. These renditions can be found within museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York, United States of America), the National Gallery (London, United Kingdom), the Art Institute of Chicago Building (Chicago, Illinois, United States of America), and this version at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America). Within each painting, Cézanne's goal was to move away from cultural trends and tendencies, creating a series of paintings that would be viewed and admired no matter the generation. For the most part, the painting appears symmetrical in nature as viewers can see the brushstrokes that create the trees and sky that frame the group of bathing women.
About the Artist
Paul Cézanne led the art world through the turn of the 19th Century into the 20th Century (or from the 1800s into the 1900s). He used the painterly, expressive brushstrokes from the Impressionist style while incorporating his use of color to highlight specific figures, motifs, or symbolism within the scenes. Cézanne was influenced by geometric spacing within his compositions, allowing shapes and the formation of his figures and objects to form unique motifs in addition to his color palette. Some of his more impressive works of art include The Large Bathers (1898), his Château Noir (1904), and The Basket of Apples (1895), all which are paintings to be collected within the Hall of the Art Thieves.
About the Movement
The Large Bathers was composed in Post-Impressionist Age of art. As a subset of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism (also spelled Postimpressionism) was mostly a French movement toward the end of the 19th Century (or the latter decades in the 1800s). As a way to counter the Impressionist use of naturalism in their light and color, Post-Impressionist artists used a more abstract color palette, where the colors were more symbolic than natural. Some of the most famous Post-Impressionist artists included Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin, Georges Seurat, and Vincent van Gogh.
Location of Original Work of Art: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America