Georges Seurat - Seated Man. Study for 'Bathers at Asnieres' 1883
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Seated Man. Study for 'Bathers at Asnieres' 1883
26x17cm oil on wood panel
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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From The Cleveland Museum of Art:
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.