The Great Bathers

Pierre-Auguste Renoir 1841–1919

The Great Bathers (1884) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Its palette is led by bone (#dac4b2, 34%) and light tan (#b1937b, 28%), with accents of dark reddish brown. Overall the canvas is light, moderately saturated and warm.

Color reading

Brown covers about three-fifths of the canvas. Even its most colorful tone, amber brown #957659, stays close to gray.

Palette

#dac4b2 MG 171 bone 33.9% of canvas
#b1937b MG 164 light tan 28.3% of canvas
#957659 MG 166 amber brown 18.1% of canvas
#5f5e56 MG 175 stone 16.2% of canvas
#3c221c MG 156 dark reddish brown 3.6% of canvas

Color families

Brown 61%, Gray 11%, White 10%, Orange 6%, Yellow 4%

Measurements

Lightness: 0.67
Contrast: 0.47
Vividness: 0.045
Warmth: +0.95
Complexity: 220 cells
Hue range: 0.49
Focus: 0.03

Composition

51% of the visual weight is in the left half, 58% in the upper half. Symmetry 0.00 (how closely its shapes and edges mirror each other). 3% of the canvas is calm space. Half of the detail sits in 38% of the canvas. Measured from the image, not a rule the painter followed.

Details

Date: 1884
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 117.9 × 170.9 cm
Genre: genre art
Made in: France
Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia

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