Trois Baigneuses
About the painting
De drie baadsters (Trois baigneuses) is een schilderij van de serie de baadsters van de Franse kunstschilder Paul Cézanne.
Hij vervaardigde het werk tussen 1874 en 1875. Het is uitgevoerd in olieverf op doek en meet 22 x 19 cm. Het bevindt zich in het Musée d'Orsay in Parijs.
Gegevens
- Inventarisnummer
- RF 1982 40
Intussen, in het leven van Paul Cézanne
Het hele leven1872
Working with Pissarro in Pontoise
At Pissarro's invitation he worked in Pontoise; his mentor persuaded him to abandon dark tones and paint with the three primary colors, which lightened Cézanne's palette.
1872
Son born: Paul Cézanne
4 January 1872
Birth of His Son Paul
Cézanne and Hortense Fiquet had a son, Paul. The relationship and the child were concealed from the artist's father for fear of losing his allowance.
late 1872 – 1874
Auvers-sur-Oise: Meeting Dr. Gachet
He lived with Hortense and their son in Auvers-sur-Oise, where he met the physician and art lover Paul Gachet (later Van Gogh's doctor), who made his studio available to him.
15 April – 15 May 1874
First Impressionist Exhibition
He took part in the first group exhibition of the future Impressionists in the studio of the photographer Nadar; his "A Modern Olympia" provoked critical outrage. "The House of the Hanged Man" was bought by Count Doria for 300 francs — one of the few paintings sold.
1875
Meeting the Collector Victor Chocquet
Through Renoir he met Victor Chocquet, a customs inspector and collector, who bought three of his works and became the artist's most devoted collector.
