Georges Seurat - Port-en-Bessin, The Outer Harbor, Low Tide 1888

Circus Sideshow 1888 Harbour at Port-en-Bessin at High Tide 1888 Port-en-Bessin Entrance to the Harbor 1888 Port-en-Bessin, The Outer Harbor, Low Tide 1888 Port-en-Bessin, the Semaphore and Cliffs 1888 Study for 'Invitation to the Sideshow' 1888 Sunday at Port-en-Bessin 1888
Port-en-Bessin, The Outer Harbor, Low Tide 1888

Port-en-Bessin, The Outer Harbor, Low Tide 1888
54x66cm oil/canvas
Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MI, USA

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From Louis Art Museum, St. Louis:
Georges Seurat produced this painting while spending the summer at the Normandy resort of Port-en-Bessin. He captures the port with details such as a sail in the foreground and flagpoles in the distance. The work displays Seurat’s signature “pointillist” touch, or the practice of applying small dots of color to the canvas which blend together at a distance. A strong geometrical structure provides a sense of calm and order, reflecting the artist’s aim to make the ephemeral moment suggest the eternal.