In Three Bathers, how is the Description discussed?
In Three Bathers, structural form and pictorial composition are the artist's main concerns. The painting depicts three nude bathers, whose figures are stocky, rather than represented as figures of beauty. The painting's composition takes a pyramidal formation, with the three figures, who are blonde, dark and red-haired, having been framed by the two trees on either side of the painting. Light enters the wooded area from various angles, illuminating the bodies of the bathers and reflecting in the water. Cézanne used oblique, regular brushstrokes to create the structure of the image. He also used a canvas of almost square proportions to convey a sense of density and abundance within the composition.