This painting depicts a group of men and women created by a collection of angular, geometric shapes with flat planes and blocks of color. One person is standing, and they appear to be a bare-chested man with tan skin and short, dark hair, who is wearing red shorts. He has his hand on his hip and looks off to the right. At his feet appear to be several seated people, although they are only partially visible. Three women with pale skin seem to be facing away from us; we can see their legs, arms, and torsos, although these don't all fit together. The woman on the left has blonde hair, the woman…
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The Bathers

painter Roger de La Fresnaye (French, 1885 - 1925)

1912

Medium
oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 162 x 130 cm (63 3/4 x 51 3/16 in.)
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CMC
Credit line
Gift of Sara Lee Corporation
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Adult profiles and older: its museum's description or title mentions nudity. How works are placed

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