In the 20th century, those visiting the south of France claimed nude bathing was traditional, while the rest of Europe and the USA were still developing bathing costumes.
van Rysselberghe
In the early years of the 20th century, Sorolla started painting well-dressed young ladies strolling along the beaches of his native València.
A small fishing village that drew several major painters from about 1892, where they depicted its boats, warmth, trees, light and bathers. From Paul Signac on.
Paintings from the late careers of Félix Vallotton, Robert Bevan, Nikolai Astrup, George Bellows, Théo van Rysselberghe, Pierre Bonnard and Lovis Corinth.
Second and concluding article, including paintings by van Gogh, Chase, Monet, Pissarro, CĂ©zanne and others.
Coastal landscapes from Claude in 1639, through visits to the island of Capri, to Étretat and Monet’s series, and Divisionists in the Midi.
Paintings of Morocco by Marià Fortuny, Théo van Rysselberghe, Enrique Simonet, and Henry Ossawa Tanner.
Paul CĂ©zanne led the way in Aix-en-Provence, followed rapidly by Renoir, Signac, Cross, Luce, van Rysselberghe, and Pierre Bonnard.
Concluded with paintings from Willard Metcalf, Pierre Bonnard, JW Waterhouse, Nikolai Astrup, Paul Nash and others.
Landscape paintings by Daubigny, Sisley, Berkos, Astrup, Pissarro, Julian Onderdonk, Granville Redmond, Théo van Rysselberghe and others.
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