A grassy riverbank cuts across the lower left corner of this painting, in front of a river that fills most of this horizonal landscape. The scene is loosely painted with visible, sometimes thick, brushstrokes mostly in tones of ivory white, sky, denim, and cobalt blue, and spring green. Much of the detail, especially in the people’s faces, is indistinct. The people all appear to have light, peach-colored skin. Three people sit along the steep riverbank, which is indicated with a triangle of asparagus and sage greens. The person to our left wears a marine-blue shirt and a navy-blue cap. The…
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Bathers (Study for "Bathers at Asnières")

Georges Seurat (French, 1859 - 1891)

1883/1884

Medium
oil on wood
Classification
Painting
Culture
French
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CF
Credit line
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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