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The Bather, Classic 1982 oil on canvas, 50x50"
By Ceravolo
Located in Southampton, NY
New York art Critic Malcolm Preston wrote of Ceravolo's painting "The Bather" after viewing it in a
Category
1980s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
The Bathers Impressionist Figurative Landscape Painting of nude bathers, lake
By Victor Gabriel Gilbert
Located in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Framed size: 28" x 32.5"
The Bathers, depicts a serene riverside featuring nude or partially nude
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Bathers
By Harold Knight
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Attributed to Harold Knight (British,1874-1961)
The Bathers
oil on canvas
signed `H. KNIGHT’ (lower
Category
20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Bather
By Charles Kvapil
Located in London, GB
'The Bather', oil on board, by Charles Kvapil (1934). The world of art has for centuries depicted
Category
1930s Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
The Bather
By Roland Wheelwright
Located in St. Albans, GB
ROWLAND WHEELWRIGHT
A beautiful painting by Roland Wheelwright in keeping with his traditional
Category
1920s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Bathers (The Tempest)
Located in London, GB
of Summer)’, (now in the collection of Modern Art, Uffizi, Florence) to which this painting relates
Category
1930s Italian School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The worried bather
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
1930s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Bathers ( Les Bagneuses )
By Adolphe Monticelli
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
order to sell his works, Vincent knew his paintings very well and was impressed by their thick impasto
Category
Late 19th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Panel
The bathers and the swan
By Harry Urban
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Beige wooden frame
63 x 72.5 x 5.5 cm
Category
Mid-20th Century Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Bathers Painting in the Manner of Paul Cezanne
Located in Miami, FL
A fine painting depicting Les Grandes Baigneuses in the manner of Paul Cezanne's famous works of
Category
20th Century Paintings
Materials
Paint
$2,950 Sale Price
54% Off
H 32.25 in W 39.38 in D 1 in
The bather and the artist: the bashful nude naturalist French oil painting
Located in Norwich, GB
It's just a little embarassing. Our young bather went for a skinny dip in the river and now needs
Category
1880s Academic Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,200
H 14.57 in W 11.42 in D 1.97 in
"The Bathers" Contemporary Oil On Board Painting
By Christopher Barrow
Located in Brecon, Powys
Oil on board
Image 16" x 20"
Well framed in contemporary black wood frame
Category
2010s Abstract Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
The Bathers - Contemporary impressionist painting from Italy's Arno River
By Amy Florence
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
"The Bathers" was painted en plein air. A swimming hole, where figures have gathered to cool off on
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
$3,550
H 23.62 in W 29.52 in
The Bather by Childe Hassam
By Childe Hassam
Located in New Orleans, LA
Childe Hassam
1859-1935 American
The Bather
Signed and dated “Childe Hassam” (lower right)
Oil
Category
20th Century Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"The Bather"
By Gershon Benjamin
Located in Lambertville, NJ
and honest, Benjamin believed: “To feel is to know and to know is to feel; all my paintings represent
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
19th Century Oil - The Bather
Located in Corsham, GB
This classical painting, presented in an ornate gilded frame, depicts a serene landscape with a boy
Category
19th Century Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Painting Ludwig Klimek, Bathers in the Bay of Nice
By Klimek
Located in Nice, FR
of bathers, the tufts of the pine forest, the sumptuous splendor of the sunsets ...
Under its
Category
20th Century French Beaux Arts Paintings
Materials
Paint
"The Bather" Eugène Bégarat (French, 1943)
By Eugène Bégarat
Located in SANTA FE, NM
"The Bather"
Eugène Bégarat (French, 1943)
Gouache
11 1/2 x 9 1/2 (21 x 19 frame) inches
Eugène
Category
20th Century French School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"The Bather" (2024) Oil Painting by Karen Offutt, Female Portrait, Nude
By Karen Offutt
Located in Denver, CO
Karen Offutt's (US based) "The Bather" is an original, handmade oil painting that depicts a nude
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Panel
the golden lobster, fantasy, surreal bather
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet
Category
2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Bathers at the Quarry 1940s American Modernist Oil Painting WPA era
By Theresa Berney Loew
Located in Surfside, FL
Swimmers and sun tanners at the local watering hole.
Her birth name was Theresa Berney. At the time of her passing she was known as Theresa Loew.
Birth place: Baltimore
artist, blo...
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$1,800
H 22.5 in W 18.5 in
French Post Impressionist Vibrant Large Oil Painting Nude Bathers on the Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Bathers
French School, circa 1975
oil on canvas, unframed
Canvas : 25.5 x 21.5 inches
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,399 Sale Price
20% Off
H 25.5 in W 21.5 in
"Sun Bathers by the Shore" Post-Impressionist Oil Painting on Paper Framed
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical scene of sun bathers by the sea shore with the coast in the
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
$1,800
H 13.5 in W 16.5 in D 0.75 in
Irish Modernist Oil on Canvas Painting "Young Bathers" Children on the Beach
Located in Portland, OR
"Young Bathers", circa 1960.
This very beautiful painting of children seated on the beach, with other
Category
1960s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$8,500
H 34 in W 39 in D 2 in
Female Bather After the Bath Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
Copy of an impressionist nude portrait painting titled "Female Bather After the Bath"
Category
Late 20th Century American Victorian Paintings
Materials
Paint
Blonde Bather, Impressionist Portrait, Original Oil Painting
By Derek Kershaw
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Blonde Bather, Impressionist Portrait, Original Oil Painting,
By British artist, Derek Kershaw
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$984 Sale Price
20% Off
H 24 in W 18 in
Scandinavian Female Nude Bathers at the Pond 1965
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3804 Fantasy oil painting nude bathers
Category
1960s Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Three Bathers by the Water
Signed in red, recto
Oil on canvas
96.25
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Masonite, Oil
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The Bathers-Nude Boys Sitting on the Rocks beside the Sea
Located in West Sussex, GB
‘The Bathers’
Nude Boys Sitting on the Rocks beside the Sea
Oil on Canvas. 12 x 20 in. (frame.18
Category
2010s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
$3,349
H 18 in W 3 in D 26 in
The bather with swans, Pointe at the Bise Geneva
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
Antique French Bathers at the Stream Figurative Landscape
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5-3601 Family bathers by the stream
Set in a vintage wood frame
Image size 9.5x7.5"
Category
1940s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$250 Sale Price
66% Off
H 13 in W 11 in
"Bathers at the Shore, " Art Deco Painting of Swimmers by Karfunkle
By David Karfunkle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully painted in muted tones of honey, soft blue and dusty pink, this evocative painting from
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
H 32.75 in W 24.5 in D 1 in
"The Bather" Modern Abstract Woman in Style of Modigliani Oil Painting on Paper
By Cindy Shaoul
Located in New York, NY
controlled movement. “The Bather” demonstrates a whimsical expression of femininity and formality; a stunning
Category
2010s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Archival Paper
$500
H 24 in W 18 in D 0.1 in
"Sun Bather by the Shore" Post-Impressionist Nude Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical scene of a nude sun bather resting by the sea shore on a blanket
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,800
H 16 in W 19 in D 2.25 in
"Sun Bather by the Lake" Post-Impressionist Nude Oil Painting on Canvas Framed
By Jacques Zucker
Located in New York, NY
This painting depicts a whimsical scene of a nude sun bather resting by the lake with the trees and
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$5,200 Sale Price
20% Off
H 30 in W 35 in D 2.25 in
Bather with Macaroons
By Elise Remender
Located in New York, NY
Remender’s love of painting began at an early age as she created imaginary worlds in her hometown of Phoenix
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
The Bathers by Eric John Youngquist, c. 1920s
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental 1920s oil on canvas, The Bathers, reinterprets William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Bathers by the Shore
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Signed in red, u.r.
Oil on canvas
66 x 84 inches
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York...
Category
2010s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
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Large French Expressionist Oil Painting Nude Bathers in Woodland
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/ School: French School, mid 20th century
Title: Nude Bathers
Medium: oil painting on
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
$1,640 Sale Price
20% Off
H 19.75 in W 24 in
Three Women by the Shore, Preparing to Bathe in the Morning Light
By August Hagborg
Located in Stockholm, SE
This luminous and finely executed painting by August Hagborg captures three nude women preparing to
Category
Early 20th Century Romantic Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$9,000 Sale Price
25% Off
H 34.65 in W 45.28 in
"Above the Beach, " Art Deco Painting of Bather and Rower, Emerald & Cobalt Hues
Located in Philadelphia, PA
-cum-Fauvist painting depicts a female bather, swathed in a large towel, in conversation with a muscled
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$3,800
H 12.5 in W 13.5 in D 0.1 in
Flodman - 20th Century Oil, Bather in The Rock Pool
By Ali Alışır
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. Presented in a wooden frame with a cotton slip. On board.
Category
20th Century Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
$369 Sale Price
20% Off
H 24.81 in W 18.51 in
French Modernist Signed Painting Portrait Young Bather at Seaside
By Huguette Ginet-Lasnier
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Medium: oil on canvas, unframed
Size: canvas: 18 x 15 inches.
Provenance: all the paintings we
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
$929 Sale Price
20% Off
H 18 in W 15 in D 1 in
Rocky Outcropping and Bathers at the Swimming Hole - Landscape
By Tyler Micoleau
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly textured landscape, with thick impasto illustrating a glorious scene of figures swimming in calm waters near large rocks and swaying trees, by Tyler Micoleau (American, 1911-2...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
$1,850
H 14.75 in W 18.75 in D 1 in
Bathers on the Beach - Oil Paint by Pino Romanò - 1999
Located in Roma, IT
Oil on canvas realized by Pino Romanò (1934) in 1990s.
Hand signed. Titled on rear.
Very good condition.
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$381 Sale Price
20% Off
H 15.75 in W 23.63 in D 0.4 in
"Lucy in the Sky" Contemporary Bather, Figurative Swimming Pool Abstract
By Marc Foster Grant
Located in Soquel, CA
"Lucy in the Sky" Contemporary Bather, Figurative Swimming Pool Abstract
Bright and fanciful
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$3,200
H 36 in W 28.5 in D 1.5 in
Auguste Renoir"s last student: impressionist female nude the Statuesque Bather
By Lucien Boulier
Located in Norwich, GB
If something about this painting seems familiar, it is for good reason! Dating from circa 1905-10
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$740
H 13.78 in W 15.75 in D 1.19 in
bathers (the kiss), female nude figures indoor pool green grey tones
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
female bathers by visionary artist Stephen Basso
Category
Early 2000s Fauvist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$4,800
H 60.01 in W 60.01 in D 2.01 in
Large Russian Post-Impressionist Signed Oil Painting Nude Bathers in Woodland
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
collections in Russia, Germany, Finland, Italy, USA and more than 300 paintings are in private collections in
Category
1990s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
$1,531 Sale Price
20% Off
H 23 in W 27.5 in
The Bathers II, Figurative, Texas artist, Women in the Arts, 9x12" oil on birch
Located in Houston, TX
EXPLANATION OF THE PAINTINGS:
Bathers: 9"x12" oil on cradled birch panel. Ready to hang with wire on the back
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Birch, Oil
Joan BreckwoldtThe Bathers II, Figurative, Texas artist, Women in the Arts, 9x12" oil on birch, 2022
$645 Sale Price
25% Off
H 12 in W 9 in D 1.75 in
The Bathers I, Figurative, Texas artist, Women in the Arts, 9x12" oil on birch
Located in Houston, TX
EXPLANATION OF THE PAINTINGS:
Bathers: 12 x 9 oil on cradled birch panel. Ready to hang with wire on the back
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Birch
$688 Sale Price
20% Off
H 12 in W 9 in D 1.75 in
The Golden Sea. Female bather with lobster warm yellow and soft red color
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
.
It is a humorous allegory depicting a bather holding a large golden yellow lobster. The colors are
Category
2010s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Linen, Oil, Wood Panel
$1,400
H 16 in W 20 in D 2 in
French Impressionist Watercolor Landscape - "Bathers Enjoying A Day By The Sea"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: "Bathers Enjoying A Day By The Sea"
Artist: Maurice Mazeilie (French)
Medium: Watercolour
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$355 Sale Price
20% Off
H 9.75 in W 12.75 in D 1 in
FRENCH IMPRESSIONIST SIGNED WATERCOLOUR - SUN BATHERS LANDSCAPE
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"SunBathers"
by Maurice Mazeilie (French)
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
stamped verso
Category
20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$300 Sale Price
20% Off
H 6.25 in W 9 in
"Lying on the Sand, " WPA-Era Atmospheric Beach Scene with Male & Female Bathers
Located in Philadelphia, PA
energy of crowded beach scenes in America, John Winters created this lovely genre scene of a male bather
Category
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
H 10.75 in W 14.5 in D 2 in
The Bathers, Wood-Engraving Drawing Lithograph by John Buckland-Wright
By John Buckland-Wright
Located in Atlanta, GA
sublime representation of nude bathers, the composition is rich with luxuriant detail and imbued with
Category
1930s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
$3,800
H 20.5 in W 17.5 in D 1 in
The Bather - Original Drawing by Gaston Livragne in 1960 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
The bather is an original drawing in china and watercolor realized by Gaston Livragne in 1960 ca
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
$477
H 10.63 in W 8.27 in D 0.08 in
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The nonspeaking California artist is having a moment, with vivacious paintings that play on art-magazine covers as well as more mysterious abstractions.
The Vibrant Beauty of Orphist Art Supersedes Its Perplexing Name
This kaleidoscopic early-modern art style has long deserved another look. Now, the Guggenheim museum is doing just that.
The 50 Most Expensive Paintings Ever Sold
Curious about the most expensive paintings in the world? Discover the stories behind these masterpieces as well as the staggering prices they fetched.