People and more people

In the 1880's swimming for fun was a new thing. The Queen of Spain needed salt water to help her legs. Then everyone saw it was okay to get wet.

And where there are people there are artist. Renoir and Monet captured the "Bathers at the Frog Pond." This is a typical painting of bathers in the early years of swimming. Modest and well covered. Now, well why wear anything? 

Look how the sky reflects the blues in the water. The color harmony is amazing. All the colors work together even the whites.

So when it warms up lets go the the beach and get our brushes wet not our suits.