Bathers by a River
Henri Matisse French, 1869–1954
1909–10, 1913, and 1916–17
On view — Gallery 391 at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Henri Matisse considered Bathers by a River to be one of the five most “pivotal” works of his career, and with good reason: it facilitated the evolution of the artist’s style over the course of nearly a decade. Originally, the work was related to a 1909 commission by the Russian collector Sergei…
Description courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago.
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 260 × 392 cm (102 1/2 × 154 3/16 in.)
- Origin
- France