the bathers paul gauguinThe Bathers, a post impressionist work by Paul Gauguin, stands out for its bold approach to the female nude. A cross between landscape and genre scene, this painting evokes the lost paradise of Polynesia with a rare sincerity. The nude bodies, with their organic lines, seem to melt into the luxuriant vegetation, in an explosion of colour that harks back to synthetism, the movement that Gauguin greatly influenced. The painting offers an interesting