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Surfacing V - Lee Price

American , b. 1967 -

Oil on linen , 64 x 28 cm.

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Chapuzón en el acantilado

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Après le bain (also known as After the Bath, Baigneuse, and Bather) (1875) by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825 – 1905), oil on canvas, 178 cm (70 in) x 88.5 cm (34.8 in), Private Collection

#Après le bain #After the Bath #Baigneuse #Bather #William-Adolphe Bouguereau #william adolphe bouguereau #painting #my upload #oil on canvas #art #19th century #it is an Academic masterpiece by William-Adolphe Bouguereau. It represents the idealized living antique female nude #Through flawless draftsmanship classical contrapposto and Renaissance-inspired harmony #it acts as a visual showcase of the human form elevating everyday intimacy into high art #Celebration of the Ideal Form: Bouguereau a staunch traditionalist used the bather theme to depict the female form in its purest #unblemished state #allowed him to display his masterful technique in skin rendering and anatomical curvature #The Living Antique: Bouguereau frequently looked back to Classical and Renaissance masters for inspiration #The sweeping sinuous lines of the model's body—from her gaze to her raised toe—#are meant to evoke ancient marble statues bringing antiquity to life for wealthy 19th-century patrons #Royal Appeal: The painting was so revered for its technical brilliance and composition #that King William III of the Netherlands purchased it for the royal palace #When Bouguereau later requested to borrow it for the 1878 Exposition Universelle in Paris #the King refused stating it was his favorite painting and that the transport risks were too high #Career Catalyst: Because it highlighted Bouguereau’s draughtsmanship and idealized elegance so perfectly #the painting is widely credited as a major factor that helped him finally gain election into the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts #in 1875

Serban Savu (Romanian, 1978), The Bather, 2009. Oil on canvas, 19 3/4 × 13 3/4 in.

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Adolphe Jourdan (French, 1825-1889) Bather at the Spring, 1866

#Adolphe Jourdan #french art #french #france #bather at the spring #1866 #1800s #art #fine art #european art #classical art #europe #european #fine arts #oil painting #europa #bather #traditional art

Léon Spilliaert (1881-1946, Belgian) ~ Sirène (Baigneuse), 1910

[Source: Christie's]

#léon spilliaert #belgian art #bather #mermaid

The Cleveland Museum of Art keeps Charles Émile Jacque's "Young Woman Bathing" in its print collection. You won't see it on the wall unless you ask. That's how prints departments work. Etchings live in solander boxes, pulled out for study, rotated into brief exhibitions before going back into the dark. Light is the enemy - UV fades ink, kills the tonal range that makes a print worth looking at. And this etching from around 1866 lives on tonal range. The crosshatching builds shadow in four or five distinct densities, from open parallel lines on the illuminated belly to tight layered meshes under the raised arm. Jacque is remembered for painting sheep. But he produced over 450 etching plates. This bather stands in classical contrapposto, one hand in her hair, the other at her chin, vegetation at her feet suggesting a riverbank. No Venus, no myth. Just a woman, a copper plate, and a sharp needle. The plate number - "No. 38 _ 3" - sits in the upper left corner, cataloguing her like a specimen. Even the filing system has something to say about how we look at bodies. Quelle: meisterdrucke.com

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