In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
In this scene set inside the artist's studio, Seurat depicts models posing in front of A Sunday on La Grande Jatte—1884 (1884–86; Art Institute of Chicago), his most famous pointillist painting. Informed by scientific theories of light, color, and optics, pointillism was dismissed by many critics at the time for being too cold and methodical—a style that could never be applied to noble subjects like the nude. Here, Seurat seems to offer his response, presenting life-size bodies from multiple angles.
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Paul Cézanne — Group of Bathers (Groupe de baigneurs)
Paul Cézanne — Baigneuses (Bathers)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Bather and Maid (La Toilette de la b
Paul Cézanne — Bathers
Paul Cézanne — Group of Bathers (Groupe de baigneurs)
Paul Cézanne — Five Bathers (Cinq baigneuses)
Paul Cézanne — Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses)
Paul Cézanne — Bathers
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — Bathers in the Forest (Baigneuses da
Paul Cézanne — Bathers
Henri Matisse — Le Bonheur de vivre, also called The Joy of 
Pierre-Auguste Renoir — The Great Bathers
