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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)
Musée d'Orsay, Paris (RF 1949 30)

Keywords

Provenance
Ambroise Vollard, Paris
Maurice Denis, Saint-Germain-en-Laye;
Mme Denis-Boulet, Paris;
Musée du Louvre, Paris (1949);
Musée du Louvre, galerie du Jeu de Paume, Paris (1949-1986);
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, (1986)
Exhibition History
1934d Paris
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.
1936c Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne, May 20–October 11, 1936, no. 95, as Baigneurs, lent by M. Denis.
1953 Aix-en-Provence and traveling
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.
1954 Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Hommage à Cézanne, July 2–October 17, 1954, no. 59, lent by Musée du Louvre.
1955 Paris
Musée national d'art moderne, Paris, Bonnard, Vuillard et les Nabis, June 8–October 2, 1955, no. 51, as Baigneurs, c. 1890-94.
1956 Limoges
Musée Municipal, Limoges, France, Impressionnistes à nos jours, 1956, no. 4, as Baigneurs, lent by Musée du Louvre, Paris.
1956 Aix-en-Provence
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.
1962a Mexico City
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.
1963 Nancy
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.
1970c Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Maurice Denis, June 3–August 31, 1970, E, as Baigneurs.
1970–71 Leningrad and traveling
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.
1971 Moscow
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 (?)
1971 Madrid
Museo Español de Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, Los impressionistas franceses, April 1971, no. 31, as Bañistas, c. 1890-94.
1971 Bremen
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.
1972 Zurich
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.
1973–74 Milan
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Boccioni e il suo tempo, November 1973–February 1974, no. 2, ill., as Baigneurs, c. 1890-94.
1974b Paris
Orangerie, Paris, Cézanne dans les musées nationaux, July 19–October 14, 1974, extended until October 28, no. 39, ill. in b/w, as Baigneurs.
1985–86 Antibes and traveling
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.
1989 Basel
Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: Die Badenden, September 10–December 10, 1989, no. 54, pl. 138.
1996–97 Canberra and traveling
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.
2000 Vienna and traveling
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).
2000 Aix-en-Provence
Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence, France, Au fil de l'eau: Cézanne, June 17–September 15, 2000, no. 16, ill.
2014 Mexico City
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.
2015 Ornans
Musée Gustave Courbet, Ornans, France, Sensations de nature: de Courbet à Hartung, July 4–October 12, 2015, no. 1, ill., as Baigneuses.
2017 Martigny
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland, Paul Cézanne: le chant de la terre, June 16–November 19, 2017, no. 101, ill. Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Published References
Venturi 1936b
Venturi, Lionello. Cézanne: Son Art, Son Oeuvre. Paris: Editions Paul Rosenberg, 1936, no. 585, ill. vol. II, as Baigneurs.
Raynal, Leymarie, and Read 1949
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 1958
Adhémar, Hélène. Catalogue des peintures, pastels, sculptures impressionnistes du Musée du Louvre. Paris: Editions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, p. 24, no. 46.
Bazin 1958
Bazin, Germain. Trésors de l'impressionnisme au Louvre. Paris: A. Somogy, 1958, ill. p. 275, c. 1890-1894.
Sterling and Adhémar 1958
Sterling, Charles, and Hélène Adhémar. La Peinture au Musée du Louvre, vol. I. Paris: Éditions des Musées Nationaux, 1958, fig. 263.
Novotny 1961
Novotny, Fritz. Cézanne. London: Phaidon, 1961, pl. 40.
Ikegami 1969
Ikegami, Chuji. Cézanne. Tokyo: Shueisha, 1969, fig. 24.
Adhémar et al. 1973
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 1982
Harris, Nathaniel. The Art of Cézanne. London: Optimum Books, 1982, p. 76, ill. in color.
Barskaya 1983a
Barskaya, Anna and Evgenia Georgievskaia. Paul Cézanne: Bilder aus Museen der Sowjetunion. Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers, 1983, ill. p. 139.
Compin et al. 1986
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.
Kendall 1988
Kendall, Richard, ed. Cézanne: By Himself. London: Macdonald, 1988, p. 200, ill.
Lévêque 1988
Lévêque, Jean Jacques. La Vie et l'oeuvre de Paul Cézanne. Courbevoie: ACR, 1988, p. 15, ill. in color.
Teboul 1988
Teboul, Jacques. Les Victoires de Cézanne. Paris: Adam Biro, 1988, no. 50, ill.
Rewald 1996
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 2002
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 2005h
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 April 28, 2024).