The abstract dabs of paint, transparent colors, and areas of unpainted paper in Wakowitz' "Bathers" suggest an effort to incorporate formally the lessons gleaned from scrutiny of Cezanne's work; like Cezanne's his colors are limpid and reflective. Restrained by inhibition or perhaps fear of scandal, neither painter posed nude models out-of-doors. The "Bathers" of each are based on memory rather than direct observation and evince distinctly nonsensuous approaches, the figures being inert and detached from life. Although Walkowitz achieved a sense of expansive scale in his "Bathers," he did not transpose this vision to oils until very late in his career.

1982: "Abraham Walkowitz: Figuration and New York Cityscapes, 1895-1945," September 12 - October 31, 1982, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California

Modern watercolor painting on paper

This object has the following keywords:

• American
• female
• Female
• Figures
• Landscapes
• male
• Male
• men
• Modernism
• Nature
• Nude
• Paintings
• Paper
• Pencil
• People
• Trees
• Watercolor
• women
• Women

• Frame: 28 1/8 x 36 3/4 x 1 3/8 inches Dimensions: 22 15/16 x 31 in. (58.26 x 78.74 cm)

• Owner Name: Abraham Walkowitz
  Role: artist/donor
  Place: New York, New York
  Dates: 1916, July 16, 1959
  
  

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