Les Grandes Baigneuses (Renoir)

Les Grandes Baigneuses
ArtistPierre-Auguste Renoir
Year1884–1887
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions115 cm × 170 cm (3' 10"  × 5' 5" )
LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

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]

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.

  1. ^ "The Large Bathers - Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French, 1841 - 1919 - Google Cultural Institute".
  2. ^ Philadelphia Museum of Art. "Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : The Large Bathers".