In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Seurat spent the summer of 1885 in the small fishing commune of Grandcamp-Maisy, painting the English Channel from varying vantage points of cliff, port, and shore. Like other members of the Parisian avant-garde, Seurat was grappling with how to build upon the innovations of the long-reigning impressionist movement; one fruitful method of exploration involved the systematic application of complementary colors, informed by current optical theory. While the boats in this study appear to be without sails, the thin application of paint hints at their white outlines. Overall, the effect is of a windless day where the deep sand tones of the beach seem to anchor the boats to land.
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William Glackens — Seascape with Six Bathers, Bellport
Violette de Mazia — A Necklace of Boats
Joaquín Sorolla — Boats Leaving the Harbour, Asturias
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec — View of the Arcachon basin taken
Eugène Boudin — Ships and Sailing Boats Leaving Le Havre
Paul Cézanne — The Village of L'Estaque Seen from the Sea (L
James McNeill Whistler — Trouville (Grey and Green, the Silv
Alfred Sisley — Saint Mammès–Loing Canal (Saint Mammès–Canal
Roger de La Fresnaye — Village at the Water's Edge
Eugène Boudin — The Trawlers
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Joaquín Sorolla — Two Boats at Dock
