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 963
Baigneurs
1899–1900
Alternate titles: Baigneuses; Bañistas; Bathers; Six baigneurs
Rewald (862): 1899–1900; Venturi revised: 1885–88; Venturi (585): 1890–94; Ratcliffe: early 1890s
Oil on canvas
8 11/16 x 13 in. (22 x 33 cm)
Provenance
Exhibition History
Gazette des Beaux-Arts, Paris, Les etapes de l’art contemporain, II, Gauguin, ses Amis: l’école de Pont-Aven et l’académie Julien, February 26–March 25, 1934, no. 26, as Baigneuses, lent by Maurice Denis.
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 95, as Baigneurs, lent by M. Denis.
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Cézanne: Peintures, Aquarelles, Dessins, July 4–August 4, 1953, no. 19, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris. Traveled to: Musée Masséna, Nice, France, August 8–September 12, 1953; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, France, September 15–October 18, 1953.
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 59, lent by Musée du Louvre.
Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, Bonnard, Vuillard et les Nabis, June 8–October 2, 1955, no. 51, as Baigneurs, c. 1890-94.
Musée Municipal, Limoges, France, Impressionnistes à nos jours, 1956, no. 4, as Baigneurs, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Pavillon de Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, France, Exposition pour commémorer le cinquantenaire de la mort de Cézanne, July 21–August 15, 1956, no. 59, lent by Louvre.
Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Cien años de pintura en Francia: de 1850 a nuestros días, October–November 1962, no. 24, ill., as Bañistas, 1890-94, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy, France, Hommage à Roger Marx 1859-1913: de Daumier à Rouault, November–December 1963, no. 22, as Baigneurs, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, Russian Federation, [Impressionist painting from a French museum], December 1, 1970–January 10, 1971, no. 90, as Baigneurs, 1890-94. Traveled to: Pushkin Museum, Moscow, January 25–March 1, 1971; Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, April 1971.
Pushkin Museum, Moscow, [French painting of the second half of the 19th - early 20th century: Impressionist painting from a French museum], January 25–March 1, 1971, listed p. 37, as Baigneurs, 1890-1894 (?)
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Los impressionistas franceses, April 1971, no. 31, as Bañistas, c. 1890-94.
Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany, Maurice Denis: Gemälde, Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphik: Meisterwerke des Nachimpressionismus aus der Sammlung Maurice Denis, October 17–November 5, 1971, no. 202, as Baigneurs.
Kunsthaus, Zurich, Maurice Denis: Gemälde, Handzeichnungen, Druckgraphiken: Meisterwerke des Nachimpressionismus aus der Sammlung Maurice Denis, January 29–March 12, 1972, no. 202, as Baigneurs, lent by Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris.
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Boccioni e il suo tempo, November 1973–February 1974, no. 2, ill., as Baigneurs, c. 1890-94.
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 39, ill. in b/w, as Baigneurs.
Musée Picasso, Antibes, France, Orsay avant Orsay: 26 chefs-d'oeuvre impressionnistes et post-impressionnistes, June 15–September 9, 1985, no. 18, ill., as Baigneurs, c. 1890-1900. Traveled to: Musée des Augustins, Toulouse, France, September 19–November 11, 1985; Musée des beaux-arts, Lyon, France, November 21, 1985–January 15, 1986.
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 54, pl. 138.
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia, Paris in the Late 19th Century, November 30, 1996–February 23, 1997, listed p. 182, ill. 52, as Baigneurs, c. 1890-1900. Traveled to: Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, March 15–May 22, 1997.
Kunstforum, Vienna, Cézanne: Vollendet unvollendet, January 20–April 25, 2000, no. 65, ill., as Baigneurs, shown in Zürich only. Traveled to: Kunsthaus, Zürich, May 5–August 13, 2000 (initially planned to end on July 30 the exhibition was extended until August 13).
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 16, ill.
Museo nacional de arte, Mexico City, The Male Nude: Dimensions of Masculinity from the 19th Century and Beyond, March 6–June 17, 2014, no. 91, ill., as Bathers, c. 1899-1900.
Musée Gustave Courbet, Ornans, France, Sensations de nature: de Courbet à Hartung, July 4–October 12, 2015, no. 1, ill., as Baigneuses.
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 101, ill. Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Cézanne/Renoir, Capolovori dal Musée de l'Orangerie, March 19–June 30, 2024, no. 48, ill. lent by Musée d'Orsay, Paris. Traveled to: Fondation Gianadda, Martigny, France, July 13–November 19, 2024 (Titled: Cézanne - Renoir, Regards croisés); Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, January 17–May 7, 2025; Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo, May 29–September 7, 2025; Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, September 20, 2025–January 25, 2026.
Published References
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 585, ill. vol. II, as Baigneurs.
Raynal, Maurice, Jean Leymarie, and Herbert Read. Histoire de la peinture moderne [1]: de Baudelaire à Bonnard, naissance d'une vision nouvelle. Geneva: Skira, 1949, ill. p. 47, as Baigneurs, 1890-94.
Adhémar, Hélène. Catalogue des peintures, pastels, sculptures impressionnistes du Musée du Louvre. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, p. 24, no. 46.
Bazin, Germain. Trésors de l'impressionnisme au Louvre. Paris: A. Somogy, 1958, ill. p. 275, c. 1890-1894.
Sterling, Charles, and Hélène Adhémar. La Peinture au Musée du Louvre, vol. I. Paris: Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, fig. 263.
Adhémar, Hélène, and Anne Dayez. Musée du Jeu de Paume. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1973, listed p. 141, ill. p. 23, as Baigneurs, c. 1890-94.
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 76, ill. in color.
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 139.
Compin, Isabelle et Anne Roquebert. Catalogue sommaire illustré des peintures du musée du Louvre et du musée d'Orsay. 3, École Française, A-K. Paris: Réunion des musées nationaux, 1986, p. 113, ill., as Baigneurs, c. 1890-1900.
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 15, ill. in color.
Rewald, John. The Paintings of Paul Cézanne, A Catalogue Raisonné, 2 vols. In Collaboration with Walter Feilchenfeldt and Jayne Warman. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996, no. 862, ill. vol. 2, as Baigneurs.
Ballas, Guila. Cézanne: baigneuses et baigneurs: thème et composition. Paris: Adam Biro, 2002, ill. p. 256, p. 292, no. 124, ill., as Six baigneurs, 1892-94.
Feilchenfeldt, Walter. "Cézanne: Vollendet, Unvollendet." In "By Appointment Only": Schriften zu Kunst und Kunsthandel,
Cézanne und Van Gogh. Wädenswil: Nimbus, 2005, p. 281, ill.
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Citation: Société Paul Cezanne. "Baigneurs, 1899–1900 (FWN 963)." In The Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings of Paul Cezanne: An Online Catalogue Raisonné. www.cezannecatalogue.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=837 (accessed on May 2, 2025).
