Two Bathers (Les Deux Baigneuses)
Medium
Etching on off-white wove paper; only state
Dimensions
Sheet: 18 7/8 x 13 9/16 in. (48 x 34.4 cm) Plate: 10 1/4 x 9 7/16 in. (26 x 24 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession Number
22.82.1-91
Tags
Art Historical Context
**Two Bathers (Les Baigneuses)**, created in 1895, is a delicate etching on off-white wove paper Pierre-Auguste Renoir, involvement from André Marty. This sole-state print captures two female figures in a serene bathing scene, measuring 10¼ x 9⅜ inches on the plate. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department (acquired via the Rogers Fund in 192), it exemplifies Renoir late-19th-century fascination with the female nude, a recurring motif in his oeuvre. Renoir, a leading Impressionist, transitioned by the 1890s toward softer, more voluptuous forms influenced by cl...
About the Artist
Auguste Renoir|André Marty · 1841–1919
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) was a founding figure of Impressionism whose luminous depictions of Parisian leisure, sensuous female forms, and sun-dappled landscapes made him one of the most beloved painters in Western art history. Born in Limoges to a working-class family, Renoir began as a porcelain painter before pursuing fine arts, and this early craft experience gave him facility with the...