Bathers in the Shade of Wooded Banks
Medium
Lithograph on chine collé; second state of two
Dimensions
sheet: 13 3/4 x 18 7/8 in. (35 x 48 cm) plate: 6 1/8 x 8 5/8 in. (15.6 x 21.9 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1921
Accession Number
21.60.4
Tags
Art Historical Context
Camille Pissarro, a leading figure in the Impressionist movement captures a serene moment of leisure in *Bathers in Shade of Wooded Banks* (1894). This lithograph on chine coll—printed on delicate thin paper adhered to a support—depicts female nudes bathing peacefully beneath dappled shade of wooded banks. The second state of two, it measures a modest plate size of 6 1/8 x 8 5/8 inches, inviting intimate contemplation. Acquired through the Rogers Fund in 1, it resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department. Pissarro's printmaking ventures, like this one from *L'Est...
About the Artist
Camille Pissarro|l'Estampe Originale · 1831–1903
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) stands as the patriarch of Impressionism, the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions and a mentor whose influence shaped the trajectory of modern art. Born Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas to a Jewish-Portuguese merchant family, he abandoned the family business to pursue painting, eventually settling in Paris i...