Women Bathing: Day
c. 1895
Medium
Lithograph in black on cream laid paper, laid down on off-white wove paper (chine collé)
Dimensions
Image: 13 × 20.2 cm (5 1/8 × 8 in.); Primary support: 13.5 × 20.3 cm (5 3/8 × 8 in.); Secondary support: 28.3 × 36.2 cm (11 3/16 × 14 5/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
22777
Art Historical Context
Camille Pissarro's *Women Bathing: Day* (c. 1895) captures a serene moment of everyday rural life, rendered in a delicate lithograph on cream laid paper using the chine collé technique—where a thin sheet is glued to a sturdier support for added stability and subtlety. This intimate print, measuring just over 5 by 8 inches, depicts women bathing in daylight, evoking the Impressionist fascination with natural light, fleeting moments, and unposed human activity. As a founding figure of Impressionism, Pissarro was renowned for his plein-air landscapes and scenes of peasant life, often painted en ...
About the Artist
Camille Pissarro · 1831–1903
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) stands as the patriarch of Impressionism, the only artist to exhibit in all eight Impressionist exhibitions and a mentor whose influence shaped the trajectory of modern art. Born Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro on the Caribbean island of St. Thomas to a Jewish-Portuguese merchant family, he abandoned the family business to pursue painting, eventually settling in Paris i...