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By Shelley Esaak, About.com Guide to Art History since 2003

Wordless Wednesday - Three Bathers

Wednesday September 17, 2008
© Photothèque des Musées de la Ville de Paris / Pierrain

Three Bathers, 1879-82
© Photothèque des Musées de la Ville de Paris

(You guys are all great at this, so I'll bet you can guess the artist right away. However, I'll bet you can't also guess the artist who bought the above painting and kept it in his studio for inspiration for the next 36 years. Intrigued? Click on the image!)

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September 24, 2008 at 12:28 pm
(1) Franny Syufy says:

I have to admit I didn’t recognize the painting, and I love his work. The nicest part of this one IMO is that the bathers are real human sizes and not scrawny little “Twiggies.”

So as not to blow it, my daughter was a huge fan, and used that name as her stage name as a singer, several years ago.

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