View of the Seine ☱ Seurat ☵ Canvas christianity

View of the Seine ☱ Seurat ☵ Canvas christianityView of the Seine (1883) by Georges Seurat is one of about seventy oil studies on small wood panels, which he called croquetons (little sketches), he made at the beginning of his career. The durable boards were easily transported and held, making them ideal for painting outdoors. This is among the earliest of the studies that he made along the Seine on the outskirts of Paris, where fishermen cast their lines amid commercial barges and industrial

the doors frame the plants on the balcony

while at the foot of the painting three women also bow their heads

Gauguin and van Gogh stayed together in The Yellow House in the small town of Arles in southern France

vibrant sun

"harmonies that represent nothing real in the absolute sense of the word

and red evoke the atmosphere of a sunny day by the coast

the most expensive blue pigment available in the 17th century

I will paint your eyes

The house was inspired by an actual Victorian in Haverstraw

Le lion ayant faim se jette sur l'antilope) by Henri Rousseau depicts a jungle scene of thick green foliage lit by a deep red setting sun

Georges Seurat

It depicts a man leaning on a wall overlooking the Seine