Many painters have tried to capture the effect of Provence’s clear light.
While strolling through the many photos in the Cezanne in Provence book, I ran across these two paintings with similar subjects. Since it’s forecast to be yet another triple digit day, I figured I might as well show some pictures of naked men swimming. 🙂
This one is obviously painted by Cezanne and is called Les baigneurs au repos (Bathers at Rest). Cezanne did many paintings of bathers, both men and women.
On this painting of bathers by Frederic Bazille called Scène d’été (The Bathers) you can clearly see the date — 1869. Both Bazille and Cezanne are considered Impressionists, but which painting was created first?
Make your guess first, and then look here for your answer as well as some other Cezanne bathers. Were you right or did you cheat?
And just in case you haven’t had enough of almost naked men for the day, click in here to see Matthew McConnaughey in his current starring role. The Impressionists may have painted naked men, but now we can see them on the big screen!
