Bathers at Asnières ☷ Seurat ☱ Canvas christianity His quintessential female depiction

His quintessential female depiction

depicting the punishment of the wicked

being met with incomprehension

The rich colors and stylized figures were intended to be both symbolic and mysterious

Bathers at Asnières ☷ Seurat ☱ Canvas christianity His quintessential female depictionBathers at Asnires (1884, Une Baignade, Asnires) by Georges Seurat depicts bathers in the Seine at Asnires Courbevoie, about four miles from the center of Paris. Opposite is the island of la Grande Jatte, the east tip of which is shown as a slope and trees on the right. The Asnires railway bridge and the industrial buildings of Clichy are in the background. Seurat depicts the saturating heat and brightness of a hot summer day on the riverbank with