Bathers at Asnières

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Bathers at Asnières is a large-scale 1884 oil painting by Georges Seurat that depicts working-class Parisians relaxing by the Seine and is considered a key early example of his innovative approach to color and composition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf genre painting
oil painting
painting
artHistoricalSignificance early major work by Georges Seurat
key early example of Seurat’s innovative approach to color and composition
precursor to Seurat’s pointillist technique in A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte
artist Georges Seurat
artStyle transitional between Impressionism and Neo-Impressionism
cityOfCurrentLocation London, England
surface form: London
collection National Gallery
surface form: National Gallery, London
colorTheory optical color mixing
countryOfCurrentLocation United Kingdom
countryOfOrigin France
creator Georges Seurat
dateOfCreation 1884
depicts a boy calling across the river
a dog
a seated boy in profile
bathers
boats on the Seine
factories in the background
men in straw hats
smokestacks
suburban Paris landscape
River Seine
surface form: the River Seine

working-class Parisians
genre Post-Impressionism
height 201 cm
inception 1884
languageOfTitle French
location National Gallery
surface form: National Gallery, London
locationDepicted Asnières-sur-Seine
River Seine
surface form: Seine River
medium oil on canvas
oil paint
movement Neo-Impressionism
surface form: Divisionism

Neo-Impressionism
Pointillism precursor
museum National Gallery
originalTitle Bathers at Asnières self-linksurface differs
surface form: Une Baignade, Asnières
setting riverbank
support canvas
theme leisure of the urban working class
modern life in late 19th-century Paris
timeOfDayDepicted afternoon
title Bathers at Asnières self-link
uses carefully structured composition
contrasts of light and shadow
innovative approach to color
large, simplified forms
width 300 cm

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A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884 follows Bathers at Asnières
Georges Seurat notableWork Bathers at Asnières
National Gallery hasCollectionItem Bathers at Asnières
this entity surface form: Bathers at Asnières by Georges Seurat
Bathers at Asnières title Bathers at Asnières self-link
Bathers at Asnières originalTitle Bathers at Asnières self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Une Baignade, Asnières
Asnières-sur-Seine notableArtworkDepicting Bathers at Asnières
this entity surface form: “Bathers at Asnières” by Georges Seurat