Why it matters
Seurat painted the bridge at Courbevoie on the Seine, near the island of La Grande Jatte, in his pointillist technique.
Did you know?
- It dates from 1886–1887.
- The bridge had been destroyed in 1870 and rebuilt in 1876.
- Samuel Courtauld bequeathed it to the Courtauld Gallery in 1948.
Based on the French Wikipedia article Le Pont de Courbevoie (CC BY-SA 4.0).
