View of the Seine ☱ Seurat ☵ Canvas christianity and red evoke the atmosphere

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

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

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

the doors frame the plants on the balcony

vibrant sun

View of the Seine ☱ Seurat ☵ Canvas christianity and red evoke the atmosphereView 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