1900, Paul Cezanne, Bathers -- Baltimore Museum of Art
From the museum label:
Cézanne's interest in the motif of bathers in a landscape began in the 1860s, and continued to appear in his compositions throughout his career. He produced more than 200 works on the subject, and with them produced a harmonious vision of figures in a landscape in which all of the separate elements -- bodies, trees, water, earth -- are of equal importance.
Gertrude and Leo Stein, who were early supporters of the artist's work, purchased this composition from his dealer in 1904 or 1905. The painting had been included in the large Cézanne retrospective of the Salon d'Automne of 1904, and it may have been there that the Steins first saw it and decided to acquire it. Gertrude subsequently sold the work to Etta Cone in 1926, but in the intervening years it was seen by countless artists and writers who gravitated to the Steins.
1900, Paul Cezanne, Bathers -- Baltimore Museum of Art
From the museum label:
Cézanne's interest in the motif of bathers in a landscape began in the 1860s, and continued to appear in his compositions throughout his career. He produced more than 200 works on the subject, and with them produced a harmonious vision of figures in a landscape in which all of the separate elements -- bodies, trees, water, earth -- are of equal importance.
Gertrude and Leo Stein, who were early supporters of the artist's work, purchased this composition from his dealer in 1904 or 1905. The painting had been included in the large Cézanne retrospective of the Salon d'Automne of 1904, and it may have been there that the Steins first saw it and decided to acquire it. Gertrude subsequently sold the work to Etta Cone in 1926, but in the intervening years it was seen by countless artists and writers who gravitated to the Steins.