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Study for "Bathers at Asnières"
Georges Seuratc. 1883–84
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This oil sketch is one of many preparatory studies Seurat made for his monumental painting Bathers at Asnières (1883-84), depicting men leisurely bathing in the Seine near an industrial suburb of Paris. Seurat borrowed the brilliant colors of Impressionism to suggest outdoor light, but added structure by emphasizing basic geometric shapes and firm outlines. As a leader of the movement to reform Impressionism, his style became known as Neo-Impressionism.
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- Title: Study for "Bathers at Asnières"
- Creator: Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)
- Date Created: c. 1883–84
- Physical Dimensions: Framed: 32 x 41 x 5 cm (12 5/8 x 16 1/8 x 1 15/16 in.); Unframed: 15.7 x 24.9 cm (6 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
- Provenance: Estate of the artist, distributed to Théo van Rysselberghe1, Théo van Rysselberghe [1862-1926], Saint-Clair, Var, France, Felix Fénéon [1861-1944], Paris, sold to Anson Conger Goodyear through de Hauke & Co, Anson Conger Goodyear [1877-1964], Old Westbury, NY, (Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York), Walter Bareiss [1919-2007], Greenwich, CT, (Paul Rosenberg & Co., New York, sold to Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.), (Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. [1889-1957], Cleveland, OH, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art), The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Painting
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.51
- Medium: oil on wood panel
- Fun Fact: Seurat’s approach to painting differed greatly from the Impressionist painters who worked outdoors in plein-air. In contrast, he worked in the studio preparing his compositions from drawings and preparatory studies.
- Department: Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: France, 19th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
- Collection: Mod Euro - Painting 1800-1960
- Accession Number: 1958.51
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