Why it matters
Seurat painted this Sunday scene in the Normandy harbour town of Port-en-Bessin, reducing his technique to pure dots.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1888.
- Seurat liked to go to the coast to escape enclosed spaces.
- It is one of several views of Port-en-Bessin he made that summer.
Based on the French Wikipedia article Dimanche, Port-en-Bessin (CC BY-SA 4.0).
