Artwork
Bathers at Asnières (Study III)
Bathers at Asnières (Study III) is an oil painting by the Post-Impressionist artist Georges Seurat. It is held in the collection of the National Galleries Scotland.
About this work
Overview
Bathers at Asnières (Study III) is an 1892 oil painting by French post-Impressionist Georges Seurat, characterized by its landscape scene and held in the Scottish National Gallery.
Subject & Meaning
The painting depicts a serene riverside moment with two men and a horse: one man sits on a grassy bank, averted, while the other stands in the water, arm around the horse’s neck, set against a dominant water and sky backdrop.
Technique & Style
Seurat employed short, broken brushstrokes, blending warm and cool colors, to imbue the scene with texture, movement, and vitality, reflective of his chromoluminarist and pointillist techniques.
History & Provenance
Created in 1892, the painting is part of Seurat’s post-Impressionist oeuvre and is currently part of the collection at the Scottish National Gallery.
Artist & collection
Artist
Georges Pierre Seurat (UK: SUR-ah, -ə, US: suu-RAH; French: ; 2 December 1859 – 29 March 1891) was a French post-Impressionist artist.
