67. After the Bath

Among the most successful achievements of the artist Ressu since the ‘20s would be in the field of nudes, a genre that becomes more and more numerous in representation. Followed with coherence and steadfastness, the feminine beauty ideal is fully defined in his work of art, the nude becoming a direct means of expression. Favouring vigorous forms, the artist would often overcome static attitudes, seeking to reproduce, in addition to the arabesques of silhouettes and firm contours, the latent dynamics of the human body, captured in graceful movements. (GM)

References

ENESCU, Teodor, „Camil Ressu”, Ed. Academiei Republicii Populare Române, București, 1958. SCHOBEL, Doina, Catalogul „Expoziției retrospective Camil Ressu. Pictură și grafică”, Muzeul de Artă al Republicii Socialiste România, București, 1981-1982. ENESCU, Teodor, „C. Ressu”, Ed. Meridiane, București, 1984.

Dimensions

width 42.5 cm, height 65 cm, custom 65 × 42,5 cm

Description

oil on canvas, signed bottom left, with pencil, "C. Ressu"

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