Description
Before the Bath (Avant le bain) shows a nude woman seated on a bed, both arms raised as she gathers her dark, tousled hair with her fingers, a blue drape falling around her and a faded floral wallpaper behind. Painted in 1875, early in Renoir’s exploration of the female nude indoors, the picture keeps the setting simple so the gesture of the raised arms and the softness of the flesh carry the composition. The painting belongs to the Barnes Foundation.
This wall-art reproduction is printed as a museum-quality canvas or fine-art paper print, made to order in a range of sizes and finishes, so the quiet, domestic intimacy of the scene translates well to a bedroom or dressing room wall.



