Seurat, Georges (1859-1891)
Bateau au bord de la rivière (Boat by the Riverbank)
c.1883
Oil on panel, 15 x 24 cm
Courtauld Institute of Art, London
This small study is one of some fourteen preparatory oil sketches for Georges Seurat’s first major large-scale painting, Bathers at Asnières, purchased by the Courtauld Fund for the National Gallery, London in 1924. The small, delicately applied dabs of paint recall those used by Monet and Renoir in their own riverside landscapes of the 1870s, on view nearby. (Courtauld)
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Baigneurs, étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières”
1883–1884
National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Cheval et barques, étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières”
1883–1884
National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Étude pour “Une baignade à Asnières”
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Vêtements sur l’herbe
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Tate Britain, London
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Une baignade à Asnières
1884
National Gallery, London