Oil paint on wood
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/charles-murray-1682" aria-label="More by Charles Murray" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Charles Murray</a>
Bathers
Purchased 1940
actions: postures and motions
actions: processes and functions
adults
agriculture, gardening & fishing
bathing / swimming
carrying / holding
female
fishing net
leisure and pastimes
nudes
objects
people
recreational activities
rocky
sea
seascapes and coasts
standing
woman
painting oil paint wood
Bathers
support: 419 × 584 mm
Purchased 1940
<p><b>N05149</b> BATHERS 1940</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘C. Murray’ b.r.
<br/>Oil on plywood, 16 1/2×23 (42×58·5).
<br/>Purchased from the artist (Knapping Fund) 1940.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Leeds, May–June 1955 (12).</p>
<p>Painted in 1940 (letter from the artist's widow, 22 January 1958). There are rough <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a> <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> of a face and a plum on the back.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-10-07T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions actions: processes and functions adults agriculture, gardening & fishing bathing / swimming carrying / holding female fishing net leisure and pastimes nudes objects people recreational activities rocky sea seascapes and coasts standing woman