{"id":185970,"date":"2026-08-14T09:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svetslik.si\/?post_type=product&p=185970"},"modified":"2026-08-22T13:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T11:05:27","slug":"the-bathers-1918","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/svetslik.si\/en\/pierre-a-renoir\/the-bathers-1918\/","title":{"rendered":"Pierre-Auguste Renoir \u2013 The Bathers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bathers \u2013 a canvas from the last two years, painted thin enough to see through<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n<\/table>\n

The Bathers is an oil painting by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, made in 1918 and 1919. The original measures 110.0 cm x 160.0 cm, is recorded under inventory number RF 2795 and is held by the Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Orsay in Paris. Our oil painting on canvas The Bathers is worked by hand, in eight sizes from 80 x 55 to 160 x 110 cm.<\/p>\n

Two figures across the full width<\/h3>\n

Two large reclining figures fill almost the whole width of the canvas. The nearer one lies on a white cloth with an arm behind her head; the further one props herself on an elbow and looks out towards the viewer. A straw hat trimmed with flowers lies at the left edge, and away to the right two smaller figures bathe among the grass and water. Meadow, foliage and sky are painted in warm reds, oranges and greens.<\/p>\n

Why hand-painted, not a print<\/h3>\n

Our version is not a print. This is a canvas from the last two years of Renoir\u2019s life \u2013 he died in 1919 at Cagnes-sur-Mer \u2013 and the paint is thin and translucent, so the layer underneath shows through the one above it all the way across. That transparency is exactly what printed paper cannot give: an ink layer is opaque and even, while an oil painting on canvas The Bathers laid by hand stays open and deep.<\/p>\n

In the room<\/h3>\n

The colours are warm and the scene is quiet, so the canvas can carry the main wall of a living room or bedroom and needs no strong setting to make itself felt. It shows best where soft daylight reaches it: the translucent layers then read as layers rather than as an even surface. For an average wall we recommend 110 x 75 cm, for a longer wall above a sofa 150 x 100 cm, and in a smaller room 90 x 60 cm, which still keeps both figures at natural scale.<\/p>\n

What you receive<\/h3>\n

We paint the canvas to order, by hand and for you alone, so every copy is made on its own; the canvas is usually painted and dried within three to four weeks. If you prefer, we will paint it in a size that is not on the list. Before despatch we send you a photograph of the finished canvas for your approval, and only then does the painting go out. The Bathers arrives stretched on a wooden frame and ready to hang, wrapped in protective film and in rigid packaging, with no further stretching or finishing needed.<\/p>\n

\nYear of creation:<\/td>\n\n1918\u20131919<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nOriginal size:<\/td>\n\n110.0 cm x 160.0 cm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nPainting style:<\/td>\n\nImpressionism<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nOriginal technique:<\/td>\n\nOil on canvas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\nLocated:<\/td>\n\nMus\u00e9e d\u2019Orsay, Paris<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n