Study for "Bathers at Asnières"
c. 1883–84
Georges Seurat
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Study for "Bathers at Asnières", c. 1883–84. Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891). Oil on wood panel; 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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. 1958.51 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.
- Maker/Artist
- Seurat, Georges
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on wood panel
- 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.)
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1958.51
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.
- Exhibitions
- Seurat and "The Bathers", Seurat and the Making of "La Grande Jatte", Monet to Dalí: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art, This cannot be confirmed by the museum but it is very possible, as Leonard C. Hanna Jr. lent his paintings regularly to this institution, his alma mater).Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT (May 1955).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 222 Impressionism & Post-Impressionism
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