A Bather (Bather is Styling) Pierre-Auguste Renoir Original Title: Baigneuse se Coiffant Date: c.1887 - 1890 Style: Impressionism Period: Rejection of Impressionism Genre: nude painting (nu) Medium and support: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 39.4 x 29.2 cm Location: National Gallery, London, UK
Renoir's visit to Italy in 1881 stimulated an interest in subjects inspired by classical antiquity rather than taken from contemporary life. This resulted in series of nudes set in generalised landscape settings which he painted in the late 1880s and 1890s, of which this is an example.
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