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Les Grandes Baigneuses, or The Large Bathers, is a painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir made between 1884 and 1887. The painting is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art, in Philadelphia.[1][2]

Les Grandes Baigneuses
Artist	Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Year	1884–1887
Medium	Oil on canvas
Dimensions	115 cm × 170 cm (3' 10"  × 5' 5" )
Location	Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, United States

The painting depicts a scene of nude women bathing. In the foreground, two women are seated beside the water, and a third is standing in the water near them. In the background, two others are bathing. The one standing in the water in the foreground appears to be about to splash one of the women seated on the shore with water. That woman leans back to avoid the expected splash of water.

The figures have a sculptural quality, while the landscape behind them shimmers with impressionistic light. With this new style, Renoir's intention was to reconcile the modern forms of painting with the painting traditions of the 17th and 18th centuries, particularly those of Ingres and Raphael. Renoir also admired Rubens and Titian's works, and he tried to find a compromise between the styles of these old masters and the new impressionist style.

Painting

It is inspired at least in part by a sculpture by François Girardon, The Bath of the Nymphs (1672), a low lead relief realized for a fountain park of Versailles. It also reflects the influence of the works of Ingres, and particularly the frescoes of Raphael, whose style he had absorbed during his trip to Italy. These two great artists influenced Renoir's entire way of painting and drawing: he began to paint in a more disciplined and more conventional manner, gave up painting outdoors, and made the female nude – until then only an occasional subject– his main focus.

Renoir worked on The Bathers for three years until he was content with its composition. During that time, he made numerous studies and sketches, including at least two full-sized figure drawings of the theme.[3]

The Bathers may also be regarded as Renoir's pictorial testament. The models for the three bathers included two of his favorites: Aline Charigot, the blonde sitting behind, whom Renoir married in 1890, and Suzanne Valadon, herself a painter and the mother of Maurice Utrillo.[4]

After completing The Large Bathers, Renoir received severe criticism because of his new style. Tired and disillusioned, he never again created paintings of this caliber.[5][6][7] A similar subject later appeared in a series of paintings by Paul Cézanne.

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- [en] Les Grandes Baigneuses (Renoir)

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[es] Las grandes bañistas (Renoir)

Las grandes bañistas es un cuadro de Auguste Renoir, pintado entre los años 1884 y 1887, que cierra el «periodo ingresco» de la obra del pintor. Se conserva en el Museo de Arte de Filadelfia (Estados Unidos).

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[fr] Les Grandes Baigneuses (Renoir)

Les Grandes Baigneuses est un tableau d'Auguste Renoir, peint entre les années 1884 et 1887, qui clôt la « période ingresque » dans l'œuvre du peintre. Il est dans les collections du musée américain de Philadelphie depuis 1963.

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[it] Le bagnanti (Renoir Filadelfia)

Le bagnanti, conosciuto anche come Le grandi bagnanti, è uno dei due dipinti sul tema delle bagnanti realizzati dal pittore francese Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Si tratta di un dipinto a olio su tela di 117.8x170.8 cm realizzato tra il 1884 ed il 1887. È conservato nel Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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[ru] Большие купальщицы (картина Ренуара)

«Больши́е купа́льщицы» (фр. Les Grandes Baigneuses, англ. The Large Bathers или The Great Bathers) — картина, написанная в 1884—1887 годах французским художником Пьером Огюстом Ренуаром (Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1841—1919). Размер картины — 117,8 × 170,8 см[1]. Также иногда употребляется название «Купальщицы»[2].

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