The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne
An Online Catalogue Raisonné under the Direction of Société Paul Cezanne
(Formerly directed by Walter Feilchenfeldt, Jayne Warman and David Nash)
FWN 2016
Trois baigneueses surprises
1874–75
Alternate titles: Baigneuses; Drei weibliche Badende (Trois baigneuses); Etude de baigneuses; Three Bathers (Diana and Actaeon); Three women bathers; Trois baigneuses
Rewald (W62); Venturi revised: 1874–77; Venturi (898): 1872–77
Graphite, watercolor, and gouache on paper
4 1/2 x 5 in. (11.4 x 12.7 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Leicester Galleries, London, Paintings and Drawings by Paul Cézanne, June–July 1925, no. 5, as Etude de baigneuses, lent by Miss Davies.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Watercolour and Pencil Drawings by Cézanne, September 19–November 4, 1973, no. 23, ill. in b/w, catalogue note: p. 154, as Three women bathers, lent by National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Traveled to: Hayward Gallery, London, November 13–December 30, 1973.
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Paul Cézanne Aquarelle, January 16–March 21, 1982, no. 109, ill., as Drei weibliche Badende (Trois baigneuses), 1874-76, lent by The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, April 2–May 31, 1982.
Arts Council of Great Britain, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, United Kingdom, Impressionist Drawings from British Public and Private Collections, March 11–April 20, 1986, no. 8, pl. 8 and fig. 29. Traveled to: Manchester City Art Gallery, Manchester, United Kingdom, April 30–June 1, 1986; The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, United Kingdom, June 7–July 13, 1986.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 76, pl. 102.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 20, ill. p. 46, as Trois baigneueses surprises, c. 1874-75, lent by National Museums and Galleries of Wales, Cardiff.
Published References
Faure, Elie. "Toujours Cézanne." L'Amour de l'art 1, no. 8 (December 1920), ill. p. 268, as Composition.
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 898, ill. vol. II, as Trois baigneuses.
National Museum of Wales. Catalogue of the Gwendoline E. Davies bequest of paintings, drawings and sculpture. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1952, no. 16.
Longstreet, Stephen. The Drawings of Cézanne. Los Angeles: Borden Publishing Company, ill.
Ingamells, John. The Davies Collection of French Art. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales, 1967, p. 83, fig. 34b.
Rewald, John. Paul Cézanne: The Watercolors, A Catalogue Raisonné. Boston: Little, Brown; London: Thames & Hudson, 1983, no. 62, ill.
Krumrine, Mary Louise. "Du plongeon aux baigneuses." Dossier de l'art (Dijon), no. 25 (September - October 1995), ill. p. 55 (cropped).
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, fig. 2-1b p. 38, p. 279, no. 36, ill.
D'Souza, Aruna. Cézanne's Bathers. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2008, fig. 30.
Prat, Louis-Antoine. Le Dessin français au XIXe siècle. Paris: Somogy Editions d'Art, 2011, p. 605, no. 1446, ill. in color, as Trois baigneuses, 1874-1876.
Lloyd, Christopher. Paul Cézanne, Drawings and Watercolors. London and Los Angeles: Thames & Hudson and John Paul Getty Museum, 2015, p. 193, fig. 132, as Three Bathers (Diana and Actaeon).
Warman, Jayne. "Chocquet und Cézanne – eine einzigartige Freundschaft." In Victor Chocquet – Freund und Sammler der Impressionisten, Renoir, Cézanne, Monet, Manet. Bern and Munich: Bundesamt für Kultur and Hirmer Verlag, 2015. Exhibition catalogue, p. 147, pl. 71.
Dauberville, Guy-Patrice, and Floriane Dauberville. Paul Cezanne chez Bernheim-Jeune. Paris: Editions G-P.F. Dauberville & Archives Bernheim-Jeune, 2020, no. 428, ill (sheet cropped to image), as Baigneuses, erroneously lists Mushakoji as buyer.
Notes
Scholars have suggested that this work is based on the classic theme of Actaeon surprising Diana. The red-headed intruder is just visible at the upper left and is more discernible in the related drawing FWN2019.
Related
Record last updated March 25, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Trois baigneueses surprises, 1874–75 (FWN 2016)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1039 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
