Every big style in fine arts has its own vision of a man and the place of a personality in the world and history. The aesthetics of impressionism read that a man is a nothing more than a bundle of emotions and fleeting impressions. The artists never strive to depict life in its entirety, they don’t stop for…

moral dilemma,  conundrums, strong overwhelming feelings and contrasts or surgeon-table analytics – leave it to romanticists, classicists and realists. Impressionists chose to capture impressions, the rapidly passing moments of life. A nude woman in impressionism would be a girl bathing cought unawares, a woman napping or getting dressed. And it’s not only a woman who is unaware – the viewer feels surprised, too. He feels that he saw something not intended for his eye, he took a glance and shyly turned away – he does not remember any details, but that makes the heart-pounding memory even stronger thanks to the mystery involved. And that explains the distinctive artistic characteristics of impressionist nudes – no fine line detalization, no academic thoroughness of representation – the objects are woven into the air of the canvas, the portrayal is obscure and highlights the fleeting quality of the scene. All you manage to get is the patches and flickers of light on the body and the water, on the hair and the objects around, and that makes a painting atmospheric, breathing, vibrating and tantalizing. Impressionists were the first to leave the studio and paint en plein air, that’s why their nudes sunbathe so often.